She previously served as the executive director of the California State Board of Education and
as education policy advisor to Governor Brown from 2011 to 2012.
Keynote speakers included Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania secretary of education; Roberto Rodriguez, deputy assistant to the president for education at the White House; Judy Schneider, senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service; Carmel Martin, executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress; Lindsay Fryer,
senior education policy advisor for the U.S. Senate HELP Committee; and Raul Gonzalez, senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
However, Ze'ev Wurman,
former education policy advisor in the President George W. Bush education department, tells Breitbart News, «Such «pivoting» may be acceptable in the private market, where companies regularly «pivot» while abandoning previous strategies and the money they invested in them.»
Robert Hill, a former
government education policy advisor and visiting senior research fellow at King's College London, told Schools Week there was a risk of more change if large numbers of struggling schools were suddenly made into academies.
USCM staff connects mayors to their colleagues for peer - to - peer networking opportunities and on - site technical assistance; and through a network of
city education policy advisors, identifies and shares best practices, shares resources, and provides peer - to - peer learning opportunities.
Previously, he served as chair of the state of Georgia's Charter Schools Commission,
the education policy advisor to Gov. Sonny Perdue, on the staff of both of Gov. Roy Barnes» Education Reform Study Commissions, and as an expert witness for the state of Georgia in school funding litigation.
Prior to joining the Department of Education, he served as
an education policy advisor to US Senator Patty Murray.
RiShawn Biddle is Editor and Publisher of Dropout Nation — the leading commentary Web site on education reform — a columnist for Rare and The American Spectator, award - winning editorialist, speechwriter, communications consultant and
education policy advisor.