Saturday, March 19, 2011

March 21st - Interview with Bill Matthis from the National Education Policy Center on "Mistakes We Make in Thinking About Education and Reform."

Join me Thursday, March 10th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with William J. Mathis, Ph.D., the Managing Director of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Center conducts independent, non-partisan and peer-reviewed research on the most critical and current educational policy issues.

Date: Monday, March 21st, 2011
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day--international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page.
Event and Recording Pagehttp://www.learncentral.org/event/142206

William J. Mathis, Ph.D., is the Managing Director of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Previously, Bill served as superintendent of schools in Brandon, Vermont where he was Vermont Superintendent of the Year and was one of four finalists for National Superintendent of the Year. In earlier positions, he was Deputy Assistant Commissioner in New Jersey where he headed assessment, research and evaluation activities. He has been invited to consult with the federal government and on state level issues in more than thirty states. Working with eight institutions of higher education over his career, his primary areas of expertise are school funding, assessment, accountability, and reform effectiveness. From popular magazines to technical reports to peer-reviewed research, Bill has authored over 200 articles.