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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:08 PM To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

http://www.state. nj. us/education/news/20 12/0209gap. htm

Thought you'd get kick out of this. It's been way too long. How are you doing? Let's get together soon.

Chris

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:14PM

This is terrific. Helped by an incredibly stupid quote. Let me know if you have reason to be here. Tonight is going to be something in NYC, suspect the oppos gonna try to shut down the pep meeting to prevent closures.

From: Chris Cerf [mailto:cdcerf@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:09 PM To: Klein, Joel Subject:

http://www.state. nj. us/education/news/2012/0209gap. htm

Thought you'd get kick out of this. It's been way too long. How are you doing? Let's get together soon.

Chris

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Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Nice work

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Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:36 PM

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

http:l/njnnewspublictv.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/ontherecord-04-17/

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Nothing on link

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmall.com> To: cdcerf@gmail.com

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8063916

Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

You'll enjoy.

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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8063916

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Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1 :52 PM

Good talking with you the other day. Thought you might enjoy this clip, particulary the reference to democrats for school reform. ]Quoted text hidden]

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Will watch soon. Cami?

From: Chris Cerf [mailto:cdcerf@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 01:31 PM To: Klein, Joel Subject: Fwd:

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Reply-To: cdcerf@gmail.com To: Joel Klein <jklein@newscorp.com>

Really want to make this happen. She's back from an Aspen reunion today. Cory and I meet with her Weds (tent). At that point she should have the info she needs to make a call. Given local politics, landing her will be hard, but doable. But I will need her to commit before I go fully down that road. Again, she's my pick, hands down.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

From: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:05:05 -0400 To: 'cdcerf@gmail.com'<cdcerf@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: (Quoted text hidden)

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Got it

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Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Good stuff

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Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Looks good. You happy? This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. It is intended solely for the named addressee. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to the addressee), you may not copy or deliver this message or its attachments to anyone. Rather, you should permanently delete this message and its attachments and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments that does not relate to the official business of News America Incorporated or its subsidiaries must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by any of them. No representation is made that this email or its attachments are without defect.

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Thu, Feb 17,2011 at 10:25 AM

Thu, Feb 17,2011 at7:39 PM

Thanks. Yes, it went well . The armies are forming quickly in opposition, so we need to get moving with our counterforce. (Quoted text hidden]

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> Thu, Feb 17,2011 at8:35 PM To: "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Tell me what u need. (Quoted text hidden]

Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> Sat, Feb 19,2011 at6:12 PM To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

We need to execute on what we laid out on the call: An organization, with a great leader, that wakes up every day executing a well funded media, lobbying and political giving effort. Hoping to connect back with Michelle this week. (Quoted text hidden]

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Put it to her - this is what she's supposed to do. Also talk to Joe

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

arnekrc@ed.gov. might also cc peter.cunningham@ed.gov

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Thought you'd enjoy this one. 2 messages

Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:58 PM To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

You will recognize many of your lines.

http://montclair.patch.com/articles/the-lions-den-cerf-debates-opportunity-scholarship-act-with-concerned­parents

Klein, Joel <jklein@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

This is great. Some things never change. You have an incredible opportunity.

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You will recognize many of your lines.

http://montclair.patch.com/articles/the-lions-den-cerf-debates-opportunity-scholarship-act-with­concerned-parents

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Chris, worth having them on your radar. Good support mechanisms for high-poverty schools.

From: Pamela cantor MD [mailto:PACantorMD@tfcusa.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 201111:30 PM To: Klein, Joel Subject: RE: career Advice

Hi there,

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We are beginning to do quite a bit of work in NJ funded by David Tepper. He is getting quite involved with the Governor. It might be helpful to us if you would consider making an introduction to Chris Cerf. Would you be willing to do that?

Hope you are enjoying your new life,

Best,

Pam

PAMELA A. CANTOR, M.D.

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:18PM To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

done (Quoted text hidden)

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> To: "Klein, Joel" <jklein@newscorp.com>

Thought you also might enjoy this clip

http://bigth ink. com/ideas/391 01

Klein, Joel <jkleln@newscorp.com> To: Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com>

This is terrific.

Sent from my iPad

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Thought you also might enjoy this clip

http://bigthink.com/ideas/391 01

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contact info for Sara Struhs 1 message

Mary Laura Bragg (Marylaura@excellned.org) <Marylaura@excelined.org> Frl, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:12 PM

To: "Barresi, Janef' <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janef' <jcb@sde.ok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <drtonybennett@gmail.com>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Gist, Deborah" <Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <gtr924@aol.com>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "White, John" <jcw4d@hotmail.com> Cc: "sara.struhs@hotmail.com" <sara.struhs@hotmail.com>, "Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org)" <patricia@excelined.org>

Chiefs,

As discussed on today's call, here is Sara's contact info as well as the information she asked for.

Contact information: sara.struhs@hotmail.com phone number 650-576-4654 - (email is best)

Talent Bench info to send to Sara:

1) top hiring priorities

2) job description, title, salary, whether or not they offer relocation packages

3) point of contact for her in the organization if not you

4) are you already working with an organization to fill this position?

5) does the position need to be filled by someone currently living in the state?

6) critical dates, exceptions, etc.

Have a good weekend.

Mary Laura

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Gmail - contact info for Sara Struhs

Mary Laura Bragg

Director of State Policy Implementation

Foundation for Excellence in Education

850.391.3077 phone

786-664-1794 fax

www.excelined.org

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Attached please find tomorrow's call agenda, along with a brief overview of agenda item #1 from Kate Walsh.

As a reminder, 9:30a.m. EST- the call in number/passcode: 850-391-0329/84940

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Chiefs for Change Conference Call Friday, March 2, 2012 9:30am-10:30am EST

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I. NCTQ project- Kate Walsh and Arthur McKee

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Bringing Teacher Preparation Inspection to the U.S. A concept paper

NCTQ is currently investigating the possibility of bringing the practice of teacher preparation inspection to the United States. The British model of inspection has apparently helped raise the level of teacher education in the UK. We are in the early stages of exploring the track record of British inspection more carefully, exploring a partnership with a private firm that provides inspections in the UK, as well as issues that would need to be resolved for an inspection system to work in the American context.

The basics on British inspection

The distinguishing characteristics of the UK model, as far as we can discern, are its 1) ethos of professionalism and 2) the range of consequences that proceed from its findings. The consequences are not limited to the threat of program closure, but include some intermediate steps -limiting the number of teaching slots allocated to a program-that is not currently an option for state authorities.

British inspectors primarily focus on the instruction delivered by student teachers, an aspect of the UK model that we find rather limiting and not something we would want to replicate. In other words, it would appear the British system of teacher preparation accountability has not been able to settle on what a teacher preparation program should do to prepare teachers any more than state systems in the U.S.

With these deficiencies in mind, the UK model of inspection does seem to meaningfully distinguish between strong and weak programs.

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This chart, taken from an Ofsted report to Parliament, must be interpreted with caution. For reasons that are unclear, it does not include programs deemed inadequate. Also, the growth in "very good" programs compared to the decrease in "satisfactory" programs suggests either

that inspectors have grown more lenient across time or that the inspection model does in fact help programs to improve. We do know that the Conservative Government has expressed some dissatisfaction with Ofsted's performance and has begun to raise the standards used to assess performance.

The UK model uses the "stick" of program closure, but has two other critical tools at its disposal: transparency and allocating student teacher slots to programs.

1. Program Closure. We have yet to find evidence that the UK model is any more successful at closing programs than here in the United States (though such evidence may exist; we haven't finished looking). We were told that Ofsted has not published how many programs deemed inadequate have been closed, something we imagine they would willingly release as a measure of effectiveness.

Teacher preparation programs deemed inadequate are put under "special measures," which generally include more frequent inspections (scheduled at least once per year) as well as hard targets for improvement. If the program cannot raise its performance, the government can rescind its "license" to train teachers. We were told that institutions apparently prefer to close programs themselves rather than suffer the indignity of government intervention, but we have not yet found evidence of institutions voluntarily closing programs.

2. Transparency. The UK inspectorate is a much more transparent than the program approval is here in the United States, not a hard feat given the incredible opaqueness of state approval processes. We are told that Ofsted reports are widely read by prospective teachers when deciding where to attend training. The Ofsted website essentially serves the same function as the U.S. News arrangement that NCTQ has secured. In the U.K., a majority of programs scoring either a 1 or a 2 one year generally see an increase in the number of applicants the following year, suggesting that solid information, transparently presented, can impact the market for teacher preparation.

3. Controlling student teaching slots. The UK model offers one essential policy lever not available in the American process: it determines how many teaching slots are apportioned to programs.

In 2010, the TDA reported that between 94 and 98 percent of all slots were allocated to training programs garnering the top two inspection ratings.

The fact that inspection leads to reallocation provides a very strong incentive for programs to improve their rating. Ofsted reports that 44 percent of providers deemed satisfactory improve to "very good" or "good" by the time of their next inspection (generally three years later).

Current U.S. practices in on-site visits to approve programs

It seems doable that British-style inspection could be "slotted" in to take the place of existing state practice.

State governments have no analogue to the British Training and Development Agency, which allocates slots to teacher preparation programs based in part on their quality level. The supply of teacher training in this country is largely left up to the calculations of individual institutions. Since schools of education serve as cash cows for colleges and universities, programs have every incentive to train as many teachers as want to enter their programs. Not only does this dynamic place downward pressure on admissions standards, it also has a deleterious impact on student teaching.

What states could do though is to limit the number of teaching licenses that they are willing to give to a program in any given year. This is a key issue to bring to the attention of the school chiefs, judging the extent to which they have this authority.

Two scenarios for bringing inspection to the U.S.

We envision two possible scenarios for bringing teacher preparation to the United States. Both involve a partnership with a British inspection firm. By working with a company with specific expertise and a strong administrative infrastructure, we believe that we will be able to move to action much more swiftly than if we tried to build an inspectorate on our own.

Our main candidate to serve as our partner is the Tribal Group. Tribal was initially referred to us by Sir Michael Barber, who served as the Secretary for Education in the Blair government and who was the architect of the current system of inspection in Britain. We have found Tribal to be remarkably responsive and flexible. With little prompting, for example, they agreed that inspection in Britain is overly focused on the performance of student teaching and not enough on the quality of training that candidates receive.

Scenario 1: Incubate a U.S. inspectorate firm

Under this scenario, Tribal serves as NCTQ's lead consultant in creating and operating an inspectorate. The inspectorate would begin as a unit or subsidiary of NCTQ. Ultimate authority on all major decisions would rest with NCTQ.

We would offer to provide states with an inspection service that would work from standards similar to those in our national review, plus others that would track program capacity for improvement. (See Appendix A below to get a better sense of what these standards might look like.)

Tribal would take our standards and indicators and, with our help, turn them into a inspectorate handbook and set of protocols. We could then select and train the initial team of inspectors. The inspection model would be piloted with teacher preparation programs led by our friends to iron out any problems. Tribal believes that all this can be done within the next 12 to 15 months.

Scenario /1: Establish an inspectorate consultancy for states

Based on some initial conversations that we have had with state chiefs in the past several weeks, there appears to be an appetite for intensive expert assistance in reviewing current approval and onsite visiting processes and making recommendations for improvement­recommendations that could include the establishment of a state inspection system.

Under this scenario, we would convene representatives of early adopter states to deliver our general findings to them and potentially establish a community of practice. In all likelihood, some of the states will probably want assistance to implement our recommendations. We would partner with Tribal to a establish a consulting relationship with them and guide them to implement improvements to their systems.

Questions for Chiefs for Change

1. What kinds of information do you need about teacher preparation programs that you are currently not getting? To what extent does your current approval process set the stage for an agenda of statewide improvement of teacher preparation (which could, where necessary, lead to the shuttering of ineffective programs)?

2. What questions would you still need answered about British inspection before you might consider it a model for reform strategies in your state?

3. Would the sort of "graduated consequences" of inspection that we explored here be helpful to your efforts to improve teacher preparation in your state? If so, what methods (impacting funding, using approval to "cap" programs) seems most promising to you, politically and policy-wise?

4. If you are interested in exploring this model with us further, which of the two scenarios we have suggested makes the most sense to you? Do you have other suggestions on how best to work with you on this topic?

5. What have we not covered here that you would be interested in learning more about? What other questions should we ask?

·Appendix A: NCTQ standards for inspection (draft)

Standard Evidence NCTQ review looks at Additional evidence the INSPECTORATE could examine

1. Selectivity Course catalogs/program Random selection of transcripts of those websites indicate a GPA admitted to program to verify meeting GPA requirement; IPEDS data on standard; in-depth look at candidate institutional average ACT/SAT selection process to ensure criteria are scores rigorous and select for candidates with

personal attributes (e.g., perseverance) associated with success as a teacher

Early reading Course syllabi; course Visits to reading courses to check whether assignments; textbooks syllabi reflect lectures, assignments;

interviews with professors and candidates to ascertain mastery of subject; quizzes of candidates who have passed reading courses using questions drawn from rigorous licensing tests

Struggling Course syllabi; course Same as above readers assignments; textbooks English Language Course syllabi; course Same as above Learners assignments; textbooks

Elementary math Course syllabi; course textbooks Visits to math courses, interviews with professors and candidates to ascertain mastery of subject; quizzes of candidates who have passed required elementary math courses

Elementary Course catalogs and course Review of randomly selected syllabi of content descriptions required academic subject matter courses;

visit to randomly selected course to determine level of rigor

Middle school Course catalogs Review of syllabi of required academic content coursework in a randomly chosen pathway

(e.g., social studies); visit to randomly selected course in pathway to determine level of rigor

High school Course catalogs Same as Middle school content content

Special Course catalogs Review of random selection syllabi of Education Grade required academic coursework in a chosen Level Subject age-span pathway (i.e., either elementary Preparation or secondary; in states with K12 Sped

licensure only, random selection of a course from all required subject matter coursework.); visit to randomly selected required course to ascertain level of rigor

Classroom Student teaching evaluation Assessment of classroom management management forms techniques of a random selection of

student teachers' using an instrument with documented validity and reliability and a review of clinical faculty's evaluation of same candidates' performance in this area

Practice Planning Capstone assignments/student Random selection and assessment of Instruction teaching assignments involving capstone projects/student teaching

planning exercises involving planning as well as program faculty assessment of same projects

Assessment Course syllabi Student teachers given sample exercise in interpretation of student data

All Children Can List of schools where student Program is asked to identify a high Learn teachers are placed performing, high poverty school where

students perform field work or student teaching; inspector visits school to verify quality

Student teaching Student teaching manuals; Same as Classroom management above agreements with districts/schools on cooperating teacher selection; student teaching evaluations

Secondary Course catalogs; course Visits to randomly selected methods methods descriptions; course syllabi courses to ascertain rigor of coursework

and ensure to see field work aligned with course work; observations of secondary student teachers to see if secondary methods employed; interviews with secondary teacher candidates.

Instructional Course syllabi Visits to special ed courses to ascertain design level of rigor; interviews with special

education candidates to determine level of sophistication on curriculum adjustment and assessment; review of capstone projects undertaken by students as well as instructor assessment of these projects; review of evidence that shows candidates trained in the use of assistive technology

Outcomes Surveys of graduates, principals, Examination of any records showing that districts; data from teacher coursework, program components changed performance assessments on the basis of data gathered by program

on outcomes; examination of process program uses to determine reliability and validity of data

Impact on State report cards with value- Same as Outcomes above student learning added data

Here are a few new possible standards which our current methodology cannot evaluate but which an inspectorate could:

Standard Evidence to be examined by the INSPECTORATE Candidate exit: Program appropriately Clear performance expectations, particularly in exits candidates who do not meet its fieldwork and student teaching; program performance standards requirements around back up major; review of records

on instances of candidate exit to determine whether standards actually in effect

Clinical faculty quality: Program employs Examination of personnel files of clinical faculty; clinical faculty with demonstrated record interviews with clinical faculty on their school of success as teachers and experiences administrators Academic faculty quality: Program's Interviews with academic faculty academic faculty are fully up to date on latest scholarship and implications for teacher preparation Quality of program leadership: Interviews with program leadership and faculty; Leadership of program has review of improvement plans and evidence of action demonstrated record of success and improvement Fieldwork: Teacher candidates have Review of course catalog to ensure that fieldwork substantive opportunities throughout distributed throughout program; syllabus review of the program (before student teaching) random selection of courses with fieldwork; visits to to apply what they have learned through sites where fieldwork is taking place; structured, rigorous fieldwork in schools Resource balance: Institution devotes Review of program budget to determine whether a resources to the program reflective of lack of resources is preventing program from offering the training needs of its candidates and needed coursework at sufficient level of quality; of its revenue contribution to the comparison of revenue generated with costs of institution's overall budget program

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To: "Barresi, Janet" <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>, "Barrresi, Janet" <jcb@sdeok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <drtonybennett@gmail.com>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Gist, Deborah" <Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <gtr924@aol.com>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "White, John" <jcw4d@hotmail.com> Cc: "Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org)" <patricia@excelined.org>, "John Bailey uohn.bailey@dutkograyling.com)" <john.bailey@dutkograyling.com>, "drericjsmith@gmail.com" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>

*FYI: In an effort to keep you iriformed about how the press is reacting to your colleagues, or the various reforms that they are spearheading, here are three articles below. First two reflect a hostile mood toward Hanna in New Mexico; one editorial calling on the legislature to 'hold her accountable' via a corifirmation hearing and one article reporting a poll taken by district superintendents giving her peiformance a 'D' grade. The third article reports Chris confirmation hearing, previously scheduled for this Thursday, will be postponed due to questions about his residency.

Let me know if you would like for me to remove youfromfu.ture emails like this, or if you'd like for me to use a different email address. We promise to send positive ones along as well.

Hold Skandera accountable

The New Mexican Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012- 2/14

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New Mexico now has the distinction of being the only state that requested No Child Left Behind waivers for its public schools that did not receive one. It still could be awarded, but the state has work to do. One chief reason given by the federal government was that our state did not use its new school rating system-- the A-to-F report card -- to help address the educational achievements of minority students who are lagging behind. A second: '1ack of consultation with diverse stakeholders and communities," to quote directly from a December letter from the federal Department of Education.

This failure makes sense when you consider that critics of Public Education Department Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera have been saying for the past year that she does not understand our state's diverse populations. On top of her lack of knowledge, Skandera apparently has not been willing to reach out to New Mexicans about our state's educational challenges - whether experts in Indian education, English-language learning or concerns of local

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Hispanos. She disbanded standing advisory committees on bilingual education, Indian education and Hispanic education. In other words, Skandera brought in outside reforms without trying to become familiar with the place where those reforms were supposed to take root.

The federal government, far away in Washington, D.C., picked up on that lack of knowledge and wants our waiver application to be reworked. The waiver is important because it means that schools would leave the confusing labels of "Adequate Yearly Progress" to a clearer but still problematic A-to-F system that Skandera and her consultants devised. Still, we agree with the feds that helping close the achievement gap should be part of a school's grade. Mter all, "minority" is a misnomer in New Mexico, where 71 percent of students are considered to be from minority ethnic groups. The report card's standards also must be made clearer -- the final grade is unequivocal, but it's difficult to understand how the "teacher" arrived at it. The feds caught that failing as well.

One year in, Skandera still awaits confirmation to her post. With only a few days remaining in this legislative session, she still hasn't faced a hearing before the Senate Rules Committee. There is talk that she could remain unconfirmed, for the second session in a row. We think the person in charge of the public schools should be held accountable by senators constitutionally charged with confirming a governor's choice. In other words, schedule a hearing.

Under Skandera's watch, the Public Education Department has lost key staff members in its Bilingual Education Bureau and doesn't appear to be in any hurry to replace them, despite the many children in New Mexico who learn in two languages. Critically, there also appears to be little understanding on Skandera's part that the education of Indian children in this state involves complex laws -- including the support of Native languages and statute­required parental involvement. It's not possible-- or desirable-- to be English-only in a state where so many children speak Spanish, Tewa, Keres, Navajo or another language first. The layoffs of dozens of employees and the subsequent contracts to out-of-state consultants must be examined in the light of day.

Legislators should hold Skandera accountable before this session ends. Her explanations might satisfy, but we doubt it. Unless Skandera can make it clear that she truly wants to work with --and respects --the diverse people of New Mexico, it might be time to send her packing.

Superintendents Give Education Boss Bad Report Card

By Hailey Heinz I Journal StaffWriteron Tue, Feb 14, 2012

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In a recent online poll of state superintendents, the half who responded gave Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera an average grade of "D" for her overall performance.

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The online poll was anonymous. It was administered by Hugh Prather, a retired superintendent who is now an education consultant.

In a foreword to the final report, Prather wrote that he wanted to give superintendents a chance to speak their minds about Skandera without fear of retaliation.

The survey was sent last week to the superintendents of 88 of New Mexico's 89 school districts. The exception was Espanola, which appointed a new superintendent Friday. Of those 88 superintendents, 45 responded. To ensure against multiple entries from the same superintendent, Prather checked for surveys taken multiple times from the same computer address.

While most responding superintendents gave Skandera low grades, 11 gave her an. overall grade of "A" or "B."

Through spokeswoman Aimee Barabe, Skandera was dismissive of the report card.

"Secretary Skandera is completely focused on education reform during this legislative session," Barabe said in a written statement. "While she is aware of the report, she feels the department's time is best spent on advancing these critical initiatives. Secretary Skandera has been very active in working with superintendents throughout the state to gamer their input on education reform and will continue to do so in the future."

The superintendents were asked to give Skandera an overall letter grade and grades for the particular areas of: training and preparation, effectiveness leading the Public Education Department, sensitivity to New Mexico culture, involvement of superintendents, communication with school districts and demonstrated competence. She received "D" grades in every area except communications with districts, for which she received a "C."

Skandera got her lowest marks for involvement of superintendents. In that category, 32 superintendents gave her either a "D" or an "F."

The report also includes written comments from superintendents. Many of the negative comments emphasized that superintendents did not feel their input was taken seriously and that Skandera did not understand New Mexico's unique cultural milieu.

"I believe she is a capable woman - but has no education credentials," one superintendent wrote. "She does

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not understand the many issues we are dealing with, as we have so many children and families in crisis. Reading and math come second to being able to eat and have a roof over your head. Secondly, the Secretary-designate says she communicates, but the conversation tends to be one-way with the same info over and over. n

Positive ·comments centered on that Skandera brought fresh ideas to New Mexico and has made education a prominent issue.

"She is doing a good job in moving the state forward," one superintendent wrote. "Finally a chance to do more for kids. The Secretary is a breath of fresh air. Education is finally on everyone's mind and we should be supportive of new ideas to improve student achievement."

Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Winston Brooks said he did not respond to the survey.

Prather, a former Los Lunas superintendent, now assists school boards, schools and other teams that are struggling to work together productively. He emphasized he did not have a client that requested the report card but did it on his own because of personal concerns about Skandera's performance and a desire to see how superintendents felt.

Some of Prather's recent work included team building with high school faculty in Hatch, training the Springer school board on superintendent evaluation and helping Bernalillo Public Schools with strategic planning. He said he charges $100 per hour for his services.

-This article appeared on page C1 of the Albuquerque Journal

Hearing on N.J. acting education boss postponed over

residency questions

Published: Monday, February 13, 2012, 5:41 PM Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:05AM

By Star -Ledger Staff

TRENTON - Christopher Cerf may not want to order those new business cards just yet.

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In a surprise move today, the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a scheduled Thursday confirmation hearing for Cerf, who was nominated by Christie in December of 2010 to become the state's Education Commissioner.

Cerf has retained the acting tag for more than a year as State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Essex) blocked the nomination using a senatorial practice known as courtesy. The informal rule allows senators to block gubernatorial appointments of people who live in their districts.

Cerf, who has owned a home in Montclair since 1999, lives in Rice's district. He seemed to bypass the legislative tactic last month when it surfaced that he rented a home in Somerset County and thus courtesy shifted to State Sen,. Christoper Bateman (R-Somerset).

But Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, says he pulled Cerfs name from the hearing because he has new doubts about Cerfs actual abode after Cerf gave an interview to the Asbury Park Press where he said, "I have two residences."

"The facts are that I own a home in Montclair and that I reside there many nights a week. I have also rented a home ... in the southern part of the state and I spent several nights a week there. I use it to shorten my commute," Cerf said .

Playing referee in the dispute is nearly impossible because the courtesy process is governed by tradition, not law. However, State Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) said he has always opposed nominees who used gimmicks to skirt senatorial courtesy.

"I think you have to be honest about this stuff," Cardinale said . "I would not sign off on this if he said he lived in place, but lived in another. But we should get the facts before we judge, so I agree with Scutari for trying to get to the facts, even if the governor is a Republican."

Christie's office declined to comment.

Cerf deferred questions about his nominations and residency to his spokesman at the Department of Education, Justin Barra, who did not return calls and emails seeking comment.

Rice invoked senatorial courtesy after learning a consulting firm founded by Cerf had been paid $500,000 to

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make recommendations about which Newark schools could be closed or consolidate based on declining enrollment or poor academic performance. Cerf cut ties with the firm before assuming his public role and did not profit from the contract

"If in fact this is true, then it goes back to the main problem," said Rice. "This man lacks integrity and veracity and that should concern the governor."

Former Montgomery Township Mayor Louise Wilson said the news was all over town that Cerf had moved to Montgomery. She said she never saw the acting commissioner around the township, but "I'm not sure I would recognize him, to tell you the truth."

Montgomery, in staunchly-Republican Somerset County, is known for its open space and large, luxurious homes, but Wilson said the address given for Cerf is much more "modest."

She also said Montgomery is also frequently home to many who work in Trenton, however. "It's a much shorter commute than from Montclair," she said.

Wilson, a Democrat who served on Montgomery's township committee for eight years before losing reelection in 2010, also referred to the tiff over senatorial courtesy.

''When I first heard the news, I assumed he had made the choice to live here so as not to be burdened with that any more, and frankly I didn't blame him," she said. "The 18 months as acting commissioner because of his nomination being held up all this time, I just don't know that's fair."

She said Montgomery is a "great place" to live.

"I hope that he ultimately moves his whole family here, because then there wouldn't be this perception," Wilson said.

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Mary Laura Bragg

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Foundation for Excellence in Education

850.391 .3077 phone

786-664-1794 fax

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Chris Cerf <cdcerf@gmail.com> Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:11 PM To: Hanna Skandera <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>

Well, how nice of them to circulate lousy press! Sorry for the beating. I get one very regularly as well, as you know. You are doing a fantastic job, so screw them!!!

Best,

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Thanks! It's a daily drum beat... Hope all is well on your end!

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Dude, I didn't see the article on you until just now! Ugh! Hang tough!

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To: "Barresi, Janef' <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <drtonybennett@gmail.com>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Gist, Deborah" <Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <gtr924@aol.com>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "White, John" <jcw4d@hotmail.com> Cc: "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>, "drericjsmith@gmail.com" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org)" <patricia@excelined.org>, "John Bailey Uohn.bailey@dutkograyling.com)" <john.bailey@dutkograyling.com>

Chiefs,

Eric has asked that you quickly review the email below and give us your approval as a group to come out in support of this legislation. He has reviewed it and is in support. He needs a response as soon as possible so that he can circle back with Congressman Petri's office.

Thanks,

Mary Laura

From: "James, Kevin" <Kevin.James@mail.house.gov>

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:21:48 -0500

To: 'Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org)'<patricia@excelined.org>

Cc: 'Fonda Anderson (Fonda@excelined.org)'<fonda@excelined.org>; 'Mary Laura Bragg (MaryLaura@excelined.org)'<MaryLaura@excelined.org>; 'drericjsmith@gmail.com'<dreri cjsmith@gmail.com>; 'John Bailey (john.bailey@dutkograyling.com)'<john.bailey@ dutkograyling.com>; 'Paula Noor (Pnoor@excelined.org)'<Pnoor@excelined.org>; 'Benjamin Riley'<briley@NewSchools.org>

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Hi Patricia,

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I just wanted to follow up on the email below. We'd be grateful for any support that Chiefs for Change can provide on this effort.

Best,

Kevin

From: James, Kevin sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:39 AM To: 'Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org)' Cc: Fonda Anderson (Fonda@excelined.org); Mary Laura Bragg (Marylaura@excelined.org); dreric;jsmith@gmail.com; 'John Bailey (john.bailey@dutkograyling.com)'; Paula Noor (Pnoor@excelined.org); 'Benjamin Riley' Subject: RE: Chiefs for Change question

Thanks, Patricia.

We have been working closely with NewSchools Venture Fund on an ESEA proposal related to teacher preparation. I'm CC'ing Ben Riley from NewSchools, who I believe you spoke to recently on education technology issues on this email because he has been in contact with Ch,iefs for Change staff on this idea and I want to loop him in.

The proposal is called the GREAT Act. The details are available here (and coverage in Ed Week here and Politico here), but essentially the proposal would support teacher and principal training programs that are rigorously selective, involve clinical training methods, and tie graduation to student learning. On the Senate side, Senator Michael Bennet introduced GREAT Act legislation and worked closely with Senator Alexander to introduce it as an amendment during the Senate's markup of ESEA reauthorization legislation. Along with Senators Mikulski , Kirk, Landrieu, and Klobuchar, more than 70 education organizations and individuals signed on - see the attached letter of support.

My boss, Rep. Petri, is very supportive of the GREAT Act as well and we are working with the House Ed & Workforce Committee to incorporate similar provisions into the recently released draft of the Innovative and Effective Teachers Act. A draft of the language we've sent over is attached. The proposed language mirrors the core ideas contained in the Senate language, and essentially sets aside $30 million of Title II funds to support the creation of high-performing teacher and principal training academies.

There is one twist, however, that we think is particularly relevant for Chiefs for Change: under my boss's proposal, only those states that have adopted a statewide teacher evaluation system will be eligible to apply for these funds . We did this so that states that have agreed to take on the challenge of implementing a statewide teacher evaluation system will have, if they so choose, the option of tapping into these funds to

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build a pipeline of great teachers and school leaders who can improve student achievement. We believe that the states represented by Chiefs for Change are the most likely states to pioneer improving teacher prep and thus will be uniquely positioned to become "GREAT Act" states, should they so desire.

In many ways, GREAT is trying to apply the methods of the Charter Schools Program (CSP), a good example of where we've set aside a significant pot of federal funds ($300 million) for states that are willing to take steps to break up their public education monopoly- indeed, early versions of GREAT referred to ~cademies as "charter colleges of education." However, there is nothing like a Charter Schools Program in the teacher prep arena, an area that is in many ways equally monopolized (in this case by the traditional, higher-ed based teacher prep programs). Here too, however, we've made a slight twist that I believe C4C members will find attractive: under our proposed language, GREAT funds will automatically be distributed to states that are eligible and apply for the funding, rather than through a competitive grant program administered by the Secretary. So, if you?ve adopted a statewide teacher evaluation system AND you want to improve your teacher and principal training, additional federal funds will be made available to do that.

Ultimately, I'm reaching out to Chiefs for Change to see if you would be willing to support this effort? My boss feels strongly about this and we would greatly appreciate any support you can provide. I apologize for the long email. I know it's longer than a 30 second elevator pitch, but I wanted to give you all the relevant information.

Feel free to call me directly (202-226-9854) if you would like to discuss. I appreciate your consideration of this request.

Regards,

Kevin

Kevin James I Legislative Assistant

Congressman Tom Petri \'<11-06 2462 !Uybum House Office Building \'{'ashington, D.C. 20515 Phone: 202.225.2476 Fax: 202.225.2356 kevin .jamesl@mail.house.gov

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Elise,

Thank you for the introduction - I'm sorry we must have been having email problems.

Kevin,

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We would love to provide you some input. I have copied Dr. Eric Smith, who leads Chiefs for Change on this email. Please let us know if you want to just communicate via email or if you want us to set up a call.

Patricia

From: Fondaanderson@aol.com [mailto: Fondaanderson@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:08PM To: Patricia Levesque (Patricia@excelined.org) Subject: Fonda -- message to you from Elise in DC

Patricia, following email from Elise Aronson, our contact in DC/Giobal Scholars. She has problems emailing to our excel in ed account:

From: Aronson, Elise Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:00 PM To: Patricia Levesque (patricia@excelined.org) (patricja@excelined.org); kevin.james@mail.house.gov Cc: FondaAnderson@aol.com Subject: email introduction

Hi Patricia,

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It was nice seeing you and Fonda a few months ago. Thank you for coming by our office. We really enjoyed hearing more about what 2012looks like for the Foundation!

I wanted to introduce you to Kevin James via email. He is the Education LA for Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), a senior Republican member of the House Education and Workforce Committee. He has an issue that he like your feedback on, from the Chiefs for Change point of view. I thought the most efficient way for him to connect with you would be to introduce the two of you via email and I hope you can set up a time to speak in the near future.

Hope to see you again soon,

Elise

Elise Kenderian Aronson

Vice President, Government Affairs 1 MacAndrews & ForiJes Holdings Inc.

900 7th Street, N.W. 1 Suite 570 1 Washington 1 D.C. 120001

earonson@mafgro,CQm 1 p. 202-449-6985 1 f. 202-449-6971 1 c. 703-402-9054

Mary Laura Bragg

Director of State Policy Implementation

Foundation for Excellence in Education

850.391 .3077 phone

786-664-1794 fax

www.excelined.org

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John White <jcw4d@hotmail.com> Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:01 PM To: marylaura@excelined.org, janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov, drtonybennett@gmail.com, stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net, cdcerf@gmail.com, deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov, kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov, pastorekpg@gmail.com, gtr924@aol.com, hannaskandera@yahoo.com, drericjsmith@gmail.com Cc: jaryn@excelined.org, patricia@excelined.org, john.bailey@dutkograyling.com

Happy to support though would want to know that qualifiers go beyond just adopting eval system to include elements of quality eval system.

From: Marylaura@excelined.org To: janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov; drtonybennett@gmail.com; stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net; cdcerf@gmail.com; Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov; kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov; pastorekpg@gmail.com; gtr924@aol.com; hannaskandera@yahoo.com; drericjsmith@gmail.com; jcw4d@hotmail.com CC: jaryn@excelined.org; drericjsmith@gmail.com; patricia@excelined.org; john.bailey@dutkograyling.com Subject: Urgent- Chiefs for Change response needed Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:55:22 +0000 [Quoted text hidden]

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From: John White <jcw4d@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:01:14 -0500 To: <marylaura@excelined.org>; <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>; <drtonybennett@gmail.com>; <stephenbowen@myfairpoint. net>; <cdcerf@gmail.com>; <deborah.gist@ride. ri.gov>; <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>; <pastorekpg@gmail.com>; <gtr924@aol.com>; <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>; <drericjsmith@gmail.com> Cc: <jaryn@excelined.org>; <patricia@excelined.org>; <john.bailey@dutkograyling.com> Subject: RE: Urgent - Chiefs for Change response needed (Quoted text hidden)

Gist, Deborah <Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov> Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:41PM To: John White <jcw4d@hotmail.com>, "marylaura@excelined.org" <marylaura@excelined.org>, "janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov" <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>, "drtonybennett@gmail.com" <drtonybennett@gmail.com>, "stephenbowen@myfairpoint.nef' <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov" <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>, "pastorekpg@gmail.com" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "gtr924@aol.com" <gtr924@aol.com>, "hannaskandera@yahoo.com" <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>, "drericjsmith@gmail.com" <drericjsmith@gmail.com> Cc: "jaryn@excelined.org" <jaryn@excelined.org>, "patricia@excelined.org" <patricia@excelined.org>, "john.bailey@dutkograyling.com" <john.bailey@dutkograyling.com>

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I support the GREAT Act. We do have questions about the language proposed in the Innovative and Effective Teachers Act Particularly what is a "statewide teacher evaluation system"? We have a state requirement for evaluation systems with specific required components. The vast majority of districts in our state are using the same system- as laid out in our Race to the Top application. Would this meet the test of a" a State educational agency that is developing or implementing a statewide teacher evaluation system ... '?

Deborah A. Gist

Commissioner

Rl Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

255 Westminster Street

Providence, Rl 02903

401-222-8700

401-222-6178 (fax)

Debora h. Gist@ ride. ri.gov

www.ride.ri.gov

READY, SET, GO common Corel

Check out RlDE's latest resources to support Rhode Island's transition to the CCSS:

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GR <gtr924@aol.com> Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:48PM To: "Mary Laura Bragg (Marylaura@excelined.org)" <Marylaura@excelined.org> Cc: "Barresi, Janef' <janet.barresi@sde.ok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <drtonybennett@gmail.com>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Cetf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Gist, Deborah" <Deborah.Gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <kevin.s.huffman@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hannaskandera@yahoo.com>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "White, John" <jcw4d@hotmail.com>, "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>, "Patricia Levesque(Patricia@excelined.org)" <patricia@excelined.org>, "John Bailey Uohn.bailey@dutkograyling.com)" <john.bailey@dutkograyling.com>

I support it, Gerard

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My understanding of the evaluation criteria for the bill are that is:

• Makes student achievement data a significant part of the evaluation.

• Uses multiple measures of evaluation in assessing teacher performance.

• Has more than two rating categories for the performance of teachers.

• Makes personnel decisions based on the evaluations, as determined by the school district.

• Seeks input from parents, teachers, school leaders, and other staff in the school in the development of the evaluation system.

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This was the draft criteria -I'll check with Kline's staff to see if there are any changes anticipated with the bill they plan to introduce.

-John

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Looks good to me

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Mary Laura Bragg (MaryLaura@excellned.org) <Marylaura@excelined.org> Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM

To: "Barresi, Janef' <jcb@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Asst Becky Woodie" <becky.woodie@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Comm Dir Damon Gardenhire" <damon.gardenhire@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet COS Joel Robison" <joel.robison@sde.ok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <tb@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony Asst Debbie Downing" <ddowning@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony Asst Jennifer Outlaw" <joutlaw@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony COS Heather Neal" <hneal@doe.in.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephen.bowen@maine.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Bowen, Stephen Scheduler Sandra Moreau" <sandra.moreau@maine.gov>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Cerf, Chris Asst Helene Leona" <helene.leona@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Dep Comm Sp Asst Mamie Doyle" <mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Special Asst Andrew Smarick" <andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us>, "Gist, Deborah" <deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin COS Hanseul Kang" <hanseul.kang@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Pastorek, Paul Asst Joan Von Herbulis" <joan.vonherbulis@eads-na.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <Gerard.Robinson@fldoe.org>, "Robinson, Gerard Leg. Dir. Tanya Cooper'' <tanya.cooper@fldoe.org>, "Robinson, Gerard Scheduler Nyla Benjamin" <nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hanna.skandera@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna COS Christine Stavem" <christine.stavem@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Policy Leighann Lenti" <leighann.lenti@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Scheduler Bernadette Tennyson" <bemadette.tennyson@state.nm.us>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "Tucker, Jessica" <jessica.tucker@la.gov>, ''White, John" <john.white@la.gov>, "White, John Asst Vicky Thomas" <vicky.thomas@la.gov>, "White, John COS Kunjan Narechania" <kunjan.narechania@la.gov>, "Christy Hovanetz (Christyh@excelined.org)" <chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com>, "Cynthia Spano (Cynthia@Excelined.org)" <Cynthia@excelined.org>, "Deirdre Finn (dfinn@excelined.org)" <dfinn@excelined.org>, "Erin Price (Erin@excelined.org)" <Erin@excelined.org>, "Fonda Anderson (Fonda@excelined.org)" <fonda@excelined.org>, "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>, "Joanna Hassell (Joanna@afloridapromise.org)" <Joanna@afloridapromise.org>, "John Bailey Uohn.bailey@dutkoworldwide.com)" <john.bailey@dutkoworldwide.com>, "Mandy Clark (Mandy@excelined.org)" <mandy@excelined.org>, "Mary Laura Bragg (MaryLaura@excelined.org)" <MaryLaura@excelined.org>, "Matthew Ladner (Matthew@excelined.org)" <Matthew@excelined.org>, "Paula Noor (Pnoor@excelined.org)" <Pnoor@excelined.org>

Good afternoon,

Here is the agenda for Friday's call, along with one attachment.

Thanks!

Mary Laura Bragg

Director of State Policy Implementation

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Tony Bennett <tb@doe.in.gov> Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:50PM To: MaryLaura@excelined.org Cc: "Barresi, Janet" <jcb@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Asst Becky Woodie" <becky.woodie@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Comm Dir Damon Gardenhire" <damon.gardenhire@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet COS Joel Robison" <joel.robison@sde.ok.gov>, Debbie Downing <ddowning@doe.in.gov>, Jennifer Outlaw <joutlaw@doe.in.gov>, Heather Neal <hneal@doe.in.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephen.bowen@maine.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Bowen, Stephen Scheduler Sandra Moreau" <sandra.moreau@maine.gov>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Cerf, Chris Asst Helene Leona" <helene.Ieona@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Dep Comm Sp Asst Mamie Doyle" <mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Special AsstAndrew Smarick" <andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us>, "Gist, Deborah" <deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin COS Hanseul Kang" <hanseul.kang@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Pastorek, Paul Asst Joan Von Herbulis" <joan. vonherbulis@eads-na.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <Gerard. Robinson@fldoe.org>, "Robinson, Gerard Leg. Dir. Tanya Cooper" <tanya.cooper@fldoe.org>, "Robinson, Gerard Scheduler Nyla Benjamin" <nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hanna.skandera@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna COS Christine Stavem" <christine.stavem@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Policy Leighann Lenti" <leighann.lenti@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Scheduler Bernadette Tennyson" <bemadette.tennyson@state.nm.us>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "Tucker, Jessica" <jessica.tucker@la.gov>, "White, John" <john.white@la.gov>, "White, John Asst Vicky Thomas" <vicky.thomas@la.gov>, "White, John COS Kunjan Narechania" <kunjan.narechania@la.gov>, "Christy Hovanetz (Christyh@excelined.org)" <chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com>, "Cynthia Spano (Cynthia@Excelined.org)" <Cynthia@excelined.org>, dfinn@excelined.org, Erin@excelined.org, "Fonda Anderson (Fonda@excelined.org)" <fonda@excelined.org>, "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>, Joanna@afloridapromise. erg, john. bailey@dutkoworldwide. com, "Mandy Clark (Mandy@excelined. erg)" <mandy@excelined.org>, MaryLaura@excelined.org, Matthew@excelined.org, Pnoor@excelined.org

I will likely be on a flight.

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<stephen. bowen @maine.gov>, "stephen bowen @myfairpoint. net" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint. net>, "sandra.moreau@maine.gov" <sandra.moreau@maine.gov>, "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "helene.leona@doe.state. nj. us" <helene.leona@doe. state. nj. us>, "mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj. us" <mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us>, "andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us" <andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us>, "deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov" <deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov" <Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov>, "hanseul. kang@tn.gov" <hanseul.kang@tn.gov>, "pastorekpg@gmail.com" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "joan. vonherbulis@eads-na.com" <joan. vonherbulis@eads-na.com>, "Gerard. Robinson@fldoe.org" <Gerard. Robinson@fldoe. erg>, "tanya. cooper@fldoe.org" <tanya.cooper@fldoe.org>, "nyla. benjamin@fldoe.org" <nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org>, "Stavem, Christine, PED" <Christine.Stavem@state.nm.us>, "Lenti, Leighann, PED" <Leighann.Lenti@state.nm.us>, "Tennyson, Bernadette, PED" <bernadette.tennyson@state.nm.us>, "drericjsmith@gmail.com" <drericjsmith@gmail. com>, "jessica. tucker@ Ia. gov" <jessica. tucker@la.gov>, "john. white@la.gov" <john. white@la.gov>, "vicky. thomas@la. gov" <vicky. thomas@la.gov>, "kunjan. narechania@la.gov" <kunjan. narechania@la.gov>, "chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com" <chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com>

I will most likely be in committee testifying. (Quoted text hidden]

Becky Woodie <Becky.Woodie@sde.ok.gov> Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:18PM To: "Skandera, Hanna, PED" <Hanna.Skandera@state.nm.us>, "tb@doe.in.gov" <tb@doe.in.gov>, "Marylaura@excelined.org" <MaryLaura@excelined. erg> Cc: "Janet C. Barresi" <jcb@sde.ok.gov>, Damon Gardenhire <Damon.Gardenhire@sde.ok.gov>, Joel Robison <Joei.Robison@sde.ok.gov>, "ddowning@doe.in.gov" <ddowning@doe.in.gov>, "joutlaw@doe.in.gov" <joutlaw@doe. in.gov>, "hneal@doe.in.gov" <hneal@doe. in.gov>, "stephen. bowen@maine. gov" <stephen.bowen@maine.gov>, "stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "sandra.moreau@maine.gov" <sandra.moreau@maine.gov>, "cdcerf@gmail.com" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "helene.leona@doe.state.nj.us" <helene.leona@doe.state.nj.us>, "mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us" <mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us>, "andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us" <andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us>, "deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov" <deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov" <Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov>, "hanseul.kang@tn.gov" <hanseul.kang@tn.gov>, "pastorekpg@gmail.com" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "joan. vonherbulis@eads-na.com" <joan. vonherbulis@eads-na.com>, "Gerard. Robinson@fldoe.org" <Gerard.Robinson@fldoe.org>, "tanya.cooper@fldoe.org" <tanya.cooper@fldoe.org>, "nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org" <nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org>, "Stavem, Christine, PED" <Christine.Stavem@state.nm.us>, "Lenti, Leighann, PED" <Leighann.Lenti@state.nm.us>, "Tennyson, Bernadette, PED" <bernadette.tennyson@state.nm.us>, "drericjsmith@gmail.com" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "jessica. tucker@la.gov" <jessica. tucker@la.gov>, "john. white@la.gov" <john. white@la.gov>, "vicky. thomas@la.gov" <vicky. thomas@la. gov>, "kunjan. narechania@la.gov" <kunjan. narechania@la.gov>, "chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com" <chovanetz2@meridianstrategiesllc.com>

Janet will be on call

Becky Woodie . EA to Supt. Janet Barresi (405)521-4885 2500 N. Lincoln Blvd. OKC, OK 73105 Becky. Woodie@sde.ok.gov [Quoted text hidden]

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Chiefs for Change Conference Call Friday, February 3, 2012

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II. Wavers update- Tony Bennett

III. Professional Development on Common Core- Eric Smith

IV. March 24 meeting in DC- 2 pm through dinner­Tony Bennett

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Common Core State Standards Receives Largest Corporate Investment to Date With GE Foundation $18 Million Commitment

New Standards Aim to Increase K-12 Student Success in College and Careers

FAIRFIELD, CONN.- The GE Foundation, the philanthropic arm ofGE, announces an $18 million grant to Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit organization to provide critical implementation support for Common Core State Standards across the U.S. The four-year grant is

the largest corporate commitment to date for the Common Core State Standards and reflects GE's longstanding dedication to preparing American students for an increasingly competitive workforce.

"Our economy is facing an undeniable challenge-good paying jobs are going unfilled because U.S. workers don't have the skills to fill the positions. We must cultivate a highly educated workforce and we see the Standards as a key component to answering this challenge," says Robert Corcoran, Vice President, GE Corporate Citizenship, and President and Chair, GE Foundation.

To date, the nation's governors, chief state school officers, and other stakeholders across the political spectrum have come together to adopt Core Standards in 46 states. The Standards set

common, rigorous expectations for students in literacy and mathematics.

The grant will allow Student Achievement Partners to offer national support to teachers. Student Achievement Partners helped in the development of the Core Standards, a process that drew on the input of teachers, business leaders, researchers, and policymakers. As contributing authors of the Core Standards, Student Achievement Partners integrated 1 0,000 public comments from teachers and other stakeholders as the Standards were being developed. Student Achievement Partners also helped ensure that the Standards were based on the best available evidence of what students need to master in order to be ready for the demands of college and career.

"This is a great day for the education reform movement and specifically for the momentum

behind the Common Core State Standards. The GE Foundation is going deep in this work and its commitment to improving public education for all students is exactly what it is going to take to seed real and lasting change, especially during these tough economic times," says David Coleman, Founding Partner, Student Achievement Partners.

The grant from GE Foundation will support several related efforts to help educators achieve the Core Standards:

• Direct collaboration with teachers to produce and share examples and best practices of excellent instruction aligned with the Standards;

• A website, www.achievethecore.org, to distribute free resources designed to support teacher understanding and implementation;

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• Standards Immersion Institutes designed to cultivate teacher experts who can build knowledge in their districts and states;

• The development of tools to track implementation and evaluate the quality of student work; and

• Partnerships with a network of non-profits to provide ongoing technical support to district and state leaders guiding implementation.

"This is a win for the youth of America and the companies that hope to employ them in the future," says former Governor John Engler, President, the Business Roundtable, an organization comprised of the chief executive officers from leading U.S. companies. "The Core Standards

movement can help our nation prepare a highly trained, internationally competitive workforce so we can continue to lead the world. The GE Foundation has demonstrated real leadership by stepping up and supporting this work."

"Our members came together from states across the country to develop the Common Core and are now focused on implementing these new standards," says Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers. "Teachers are on the frontlines ofthis work and supporting them as they bring the standards to life for their students is our top priority. We are thrilled that Student Achievement Partners in partnership with the GE Foundation will be providing such a strong resource for teachers."

GE Foundation support continues the legacy of its education investments in its seven Developing Futures™ districts: Atlanta; Cincinnati; Erie, Penn.; Jefferson County, Ky.; Milwaukee; New York City; and Stamford, Conn. Teachers in these districts will participate in intense, multi-day training and will receive ongoing support as they implement the Standards, shift from current instructional practices, and ensure they are reaching all students.

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GE Foundation works to solve some of the world's most difficult problems. In coordination with its partners, it supports US. and international education, developing health globally, the environment, public policy, human rights and disaster relief In addition, GE Foundation supports GE employee and retiree giving and involvement in GE communities around the world

In 2009, the entire GEfamily- including businesses, employees, retirees and GE Foundation -• contributed more than an estimated $220 million to community and educational programs,

including more than $100 million from GE Foundation.

Student Achievement Partners is a New York City-based independent, nonprofit organization

that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence that will substantially improve student achievement. Founded by three of the authors of the Common Core State Standards, Student Achievement Partners is devoted to accelerating student achievement by driving effective and innovative implementation of the Core Standards.

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Mary Laura Bragg (Marylaura@excelined.org) <Marylaura@excelined.org> Wed, Jan 11 • 2012 at 9~2~ To: "Jaryn Emhof (Jaryn@excelined.org)" <jaryn@excelined.org>, "Christy Hovanetz (Christyh@excelined.org)" <chovanetz2@meridianstrateg iesllc.com>, "john. bailey@d utkoworldwide.com" <john. bailey@dutkoworldwide.com>, "Paula Noor (Pnoor@afloridapromise.org)" <Pnoor@afloridapromise.org>, "Barresi, Janet" <jcb@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Asst Becky Woodie" <becky.woodie@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet Comm Dir Damon Gardenhire" <damon.gardenhire@sde.ok.gov>, "Barresi, Janet COS Joel Robison" <joel.robison@sde.ok.gov>, "Bennett, Tony" <tb@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony Asst Debbie Downing" <ddowning@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony Asst Jennifer Outlaw" <joutlaw@doe.in.gov>, "Bennett, Tony COS Heather Neal" <hneal@doe.in.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephenbowen@myfairpoint.net>, "Bowen, Stephen" <stephen.bowen@maine.gov>, "Bowen, Stephen Schedule Sandra Moreau" <sandra.moreau@maine.gov>, "Cerf, Chris" <cdcerf@gmail.com>, "Cerf, Chris Asst Helene Leona" <helene.leona@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Dep Comm Sp Asst Mamie Doyle" <mamie.doyle@doe.state.nj.us>, "Cerf, Chris Special Asst Andrew Smarick" <andrew.smarick@doe.state.nj.us>, "Gist, Deborah" <deborah.gist@ride.ri.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin" <Kevin.S.Huffman@tn.gov>, "Huffman, Kevin COS Hanseul Kang" <hanseul.kang@tn.gov>, "Pastorek, Paul" <pastorekpg@gmail.com>, "Pastorek, Paul Asst Joan Von Herbulis" <joan.vonherbulis@eads-na.com>, "Robinson, Gerard" <gerard.robinson@fldoe.org>, "Robinson, Gerard Scheduler Nyla Benjamin" <nyla.benjamin@fldoe.org>, "Skandera, Hanna" <hanna.skandera@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna COS Christine Stavem" <christine.stavem@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Policy Leighann Lenti" <leighann.lenti@state.nm.us>, "Skandera, Hanna Scheduler Bernadette Tennyson" <bernadette.tennyson@state.nm.us>, "Smith, Eric" <drericjsmith@gmail.com>, "Tucker, Jessica" <jessica. tucker@ Ia. gov>

When: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:00 PM-1:00 PM. (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Where: Conf Line: 850.391.0329 passcode: 84940

As discussed on Friday call. Note: Time is noon eastern, 9:00am pacific.

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