Education Policy and Law Lab Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab

University of Kentucky College of Education

Education Policy and Law Lab Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab

University of Kentucky College of Education

Neal Hutchens

• Co-Director, Education Policy and Law Lab

• Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Wayne D. Lewis

• Co-Director, Education Policy and Law Lab

• Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership Studies

Amanda J. Dalton

• Graduate Assistant, Education Policy and Law Lab

• Graduate Student, Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Personnel

Purpose

The Education Policy and Law Lab exists to:

bring together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and community stakeholders from organizations and agencies across the commonwealth to identify and address critical educational policy issues in Kentucky;

provide timely, rigorous, and non-partisan education policy information and research; and

make recommendations for the improvement of education policy, practice, and leadership in Kentucky’s public schools and higher education institutions

The Education Policy and Law Lab exists to:

bring together a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, and community stakeholders from organizations and agencies across the commonwealth to identify and address critical educational policy issues in Kentucky;

provide timely, rigorous, and non-partisan education policy information and research; and

make recommendations for the improvement of education policy, practice, and leadership in Kentucky’s public schools and higher education institutions

Lab Advisory Council

The Lab’s work will be guided by input from an education policy advisory council

Council members will be chosen from the P20 Kentucky education community, including parents, teachers, administrators, researchers, government officials, and representatives of the higher education community

Upcoming and Potential Projects

Potential P-12 Project Areas:

Charter Schools

Teacher Compensation/Merit Pay

School Calendar

Potential Higher Education Project Areas:

Dual Enrollment Programs

Pipeline Issues: Transitions from P-12 Schools to Higher Education

Access and Diversity Issues

Upcoming Events:

School Law Conference in Collaboration with KASA