Featured Presenters at the Conference

We currently have two keynote speakers confirmed for the Effective Education Partnerships Conference, with one more who will be announced shortly. Our keynotes will set the tone for the conference, with the rest of our time devoted to breakout sessions focused on effective practices and case studies.

Our keynote speakers include:

Dr. Frederick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute

Rick Hess will speak about the role that business plays - and can play - in public education innovation and reform. He will be working from the ideas presented in his article, Biz Ed, which appeared in the July 2007 issue of The American.

Bio:
Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at AEI. His many books include No Child Left Behind: A Primer (Peter Lang 2006), Educational Entrepreneurship (Harvard Education Press, 2006), Common Sense School Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Revolution at the Margins (Brookings Institution, 2002), and Spinning Wheels (Brookings Institution, 1999). His work has appeared in outlets including Harvard Educational Review, Urban Affairs Review, Social Science Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Teachers College Record, Education Week, Phi Delta Kappan, Education Next, Educational Leadership, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and National Review. Mr. Hess currently serves on the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education and as a member of the research advisory board for the National Center on Educational Accountability. He is a former high school social studies teacher and former professor of education and government at the University of Virginia. He holds his M.Ed. in teaching and curriculum and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.

Dr. John Stone, President
Education Consumers Foundation

John Stone will be talking about the importance of research and effective practices in designing programs and partnerships that will make an impact on student achievement.

Bio:
J. E. Stone is the founding president of the Education Consumers Foundation and head of the Education Consumers ClearingHouse­-a subscriber-supported, online “Consumers Union” for the consumers of public education.  Dr. Stone has authored numerous articles and papers for scholarly forums. He is licensed as both a school psychologist and educational psychologist.   Since the nineteen seventies, he has taught educational psychology, specializing in applied behavior analysis.  His principal research interests are effective pedagogy, accountability, and teacher effectiveness.  Currently, he is researching teacher training’s impact on teacher effectiveness in Tennessee.  Dr. Stone received an Ed.D. from the University of Florida in 1972. 

Dr. David Mathews, President
Charles F. Kettering Foundation

David Mathews will discuss what citizens and educators alike want from public education and how they might come closer to getting it.

Bio:
David Mathews is president of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. He served as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Gerald Ford. Between 1969 and 1980, he was presi­dent of The University of Alabama. At Kettering, he has steered the foundation’s research toward studying the role of the public in our political system. Nonparti­san and nonpolitical, Kettering’s research focuses on how to make democracy work as it should. David Mathews has written widely on such subjects as southern history, public policy, and international problem solving. His most recent books are Reclaiming Public Education by Reclaiming Our Democracy, Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools?, and Politics for People. He serves on the board of a variety of organizations, including the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, National Issues Forums Institute, and Public Agenda.