“Make sense out of this economy”

Jack Jennings is president and CEO of the nonpartisan Center on Education Policy.
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“Get the federal role in accountability straightened out”

Rick Hess is a faculty associate at the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance and serves on the Review Board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education.
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“Pay attention to overall child welfare”

George H. Wood is principal of Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio and serves as the Executive Director of The Forum for Education and Democracy.
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“Too often education policy is dictated by opinion and ideology instead of research”

Kathleen McCartney is the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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“Create modest incentives for states to work together on initiatives”

Richard Murnane is an economist and Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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“It is impossible not to imagine tight budgets for colleges and schools”

Scott Jaschik is the editor and one of the three founders of Inside Higher Education.
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“None of the bells & whistles”

Phillip Howard is founder and president of Common Good, a non-profit, non-partisan legal reform coalition.
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“Smart policy not more money trying to camouflage bad policy”

Marshall Smith has been the Program Director for the Education Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, since 2001.
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“Unfunded mandates make it impossible for schools to grow in urban settings”

Brian Riedlinger is the Executive Officer for the Algiers Charter Schools Association. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]