Thursday, November 14, 2019
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Texas Public Policy Foundation
901 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Moderator
- Emily Sass – Policy Director, Center for Innovation in Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Panelists
- Robert Pondiscio – Senior Fellow and Vice President for External Affairs, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
- Starlee Coleman – CEO, Texas Charter Schools Association
- Colleen Dippel – Founder and Executive Director , Families Empowered
“We have set equity and excellence at war with each other in our schools, and none of the dominant narratives for or against charters adequately resolve this tension. Moving education and reform forward means letting go of tired ideological fights.”
-Robert Pondiscio