Rethinking Accountability: Carmel Martin and Sen. Jack Reed
Sen. Jack Reed (RI) discusses the impact of inequality on the economy and the country at large in a June 11 speech at the Rethinking Accountability conference in Washington, D.C.
Carmel Martin, executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress, gives an introduction to the senator.
Policymakers; school and district leaders; business, teacher, parent, and civil rights organizations; education foundations; and members of the media gathered June 11 in Washington D.C. for a conference on Rethinking Accountability: Putting Students and Learning First. The conference discussed how schools, districts, and communities across the nation are charting new paths to student- and learning-focused accountability, and how new approaches are making a difference in improving education.
The conference was hosted by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Sandler Family Foundation.