For years, education experts have researched and explored what works and doesn't work in the classroom. And yet, many of our teachers and students still struggle to succeed. What is the leading research on how to improve our children and our teachers' educational experiences? What is inhibiting those practices from making it into the classroom? How can we effectively work together to ensure that education research informs policy and practice at the scale needed to improve outcomes?

Moderator

Lowell Milken

Founder, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET); Chairman and Co-Founder, Milken Family Foundation

Speakers

Stephen Heyneman

Professor Emeritus, International Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vanderbilt University

Candice McQueen

CEO, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET)

Matthew Springer

Robena and Walter E. Hussman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Kate Walsh

President, National Council on Teacher Quality

Randi Weingarten

President, American Federation of Teachers