New Players, New Policies For Public Education

Around 60 new education advocacy organizations have emerged across the United States in the last two decades. At a free lecture in New York City on May 20th, scholar Paul Manna, co-author of an upcoming report on the organizations, will reflect on these and other questions.

Manna, associate professor, government and public policy, College of William and Mary, will reflect on the basic characteristics of these new education advocacy organizations and the diverse roles they have come to play in state education policy debates.

The lecture — New Education Advocacy Organizations in the United States: Their Current Influence and Potential Future Role in K-12 Policy Development — takes place Tuesday, May 20th at 5:30pm at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues), New York City.

Registration is required.