The only folks I can think of who aren’t on this tentative witness list for today’s NCLB hearing are EdSec Spellings (not invited? disinclined to appear?) and General Petraeus. By having everyone speak, the committee pretty much ensures a certain amount of cacaphony. And by putting Kati Haycock -- one of the draft’s most vocal critics -- off in the teacher quality corner, the committee sends a clear message that it doesn’t like being called out.
UPDATE: From Mike Antonucci: “EIA has the exclusive tip that “Sammy the Bull” Gravano will be called in as a surprise witness. Gravano will reveal that “multiple measures” and “growth models” are mobspeak for racketeering of Title I funds."Big Picture Panel (10:30 – 11:15)
Hold for Teacher
Kathleen Rooker
Principal, Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Port Charlotte, Florida
John Podesta
President and Chief Executive Officer
Center for American Progress
Linda Darling-Hammond
Professor of Education
Stanford University
Jack Jennings
President
Center on Education Policy
Andrea Messina
Commissioner
Aspen Institute Commission on No Child Left Behind
Kevin Carey
Research and Policy Manager
Education Sector
High School Reform & College and Career-Readiness Panel (11:15 – 12:00)
Billy Cannaday
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commonwealth of Virginia
Bob Wise
President
Alliance for Excellent Education
Adria Steinberg
Associate Vice President of Youth Transition
Jobs for the Future
James McPartland
Principal Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools
Johns Hopkins University
Janet Bray
Director
Association Career Technical Education
Mike Cohen
President
ACHIEVE
Brian Gong
Executive Director
Center for Assessment
Civil Rights Panel (12:00– 12:45)
Nancy Zirkin
Vice President and Director of Public Policy
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Peter Zamora
Regional Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
Dan Losen
Senior Education Law and Policy Associate
The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
Stephanie Jones
Executive Director
The National Urban League
Delia Pompa
Vice President of Education Programs
National Council of La Raza
Dianne Piche
Executive Director
Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights
Myrna Mandlawitz
Policy Director
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Katie Neas
Director of Congressional Relations, Easter Seals
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Foundations, Businesses and Innovation Panel (12:45 – 1:30)
Charles Harris
Co-Founder and Executive Partner
SeaChange Capital Partners
Josh Wyner
Executive Vice President
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Frances Bryant Bradburn
Director of Instructional Technologies
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Nelson Smith
President
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Jim Kohlmoos
President and CEO
Knowledge Alliance
Sonia Hernandez Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
National Farm Workers Service Center
John Castellani
President
Business Roundtable
Teaching and School Leadership Panel (1:30 – 2:15)
Jon Schnur
CEO
New Leaders for New Schools
Barry Stark
Principal, Norris Middle School
Firth, Nebraska
Mary Kay Sommers
Principal, Shepardson Elementary, Fort Collins, Colorado
President, National Association of Elementary School Principals
Reg Weaver
President
National Education Association
Antonia Cortese
Executive Vice-President
American Federation of Teachers
Kristan Van Hook
Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Development
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
Kati Haycock
President
Education Trust
State and Local Administrators Panel (2:15 – 3:00)
Mike Petrilli
Vice President for National Programs & Policy
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
David Brewer
Superintendent of Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District
LaRuth Gray
Deputy Director
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Michael Casserly
Executive Director
Council of the Great City Schools
Joan Wodiska
Director of Education Policy
National Governors’ Association
Paul Houston
Executive Director
American Association of School Administrators
Michael Resnick
Associate Executive Director
National School Boards Association