An Education Agenda for the Next President | Institute of Politics

A conversation with Michelle Rhee; Founder, StudentsFirst; Chancellor, Washington, D.C. Public Schools (2007-2010) Paul Reville (Moderator Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration, Harvard Graduate School of Education Founder of StudentsFirst and former Chancellor of Washington D.C. Public Schools, Michelle Rhee joined Paul Reville, a professor of Practice of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, for a conversation about the future of education policy. She spoke regarding the prevalence of standardized testing, emphasizing that no education reformer considers standardized tests to be an exhaustive measure of a student’s ability. She continued that the teacher would always look beyond mere test scores to gauge a student’s ability, yet standardized tests do provide the initial value of comparing where students stand. Maggie Williams, Director of the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, introduced the program.