The Audiotapes
Tape One: A National Overview
Featured experts, in order of appearance, include:
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Gary Burtless, economist, Brookings Institution Burtless discusses the issues of
teacher quality and the effects of classroom size.
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Allan Odden, codirector, Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE),
University of Wisconsin-Madison Odden talks about the challenges of the national education reform goal to
teach all children to high standards and the difficulties and possibilities this goal presents in terms of
finance.
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Sheree Speakman, president and CEO, Fox River Learning, Inc. Speakman explains what
she has termed "the intersection of money and learning" or the value-added measurement of learning.
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Bruce Cooper, professor of Educational Leadership and Management, Fordham University
Cooper discusses the manipulation of the measurable inputs and outputs of education.
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James Ward, professor of Educational Administration, University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana, and Neil Theobald, professor of Educational Administration,
Indiana University-Bloomington Ward and Theobald explain that "the standards wars" have taught us that we must
decide on our goals for education.
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David Monk, dean, School of Education, Penn State University Monk expresses concerns
about productivity questions.
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Joe Sensenbrenner, Sensenbrenner Associates, former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
Sensenbrenner talks about data-driven decision making and promoting productivity.
Tape Two: A Local Perspective
Featured guests, in order of appearance, include:
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Karen Hawley-Miles, president, Education Resource Allocation Strategies Hawley-Miles
discusses innovative resource reallocation practices based on her "looking at the whole pie" concept. She also
touches on concepts of organizational design and data-driven decision making.
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Coleen Seremet, assistant superintendent, Dorchester County, Maryland Seremet talks
about school organization structures and resource alignment in schools.
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Mary Anne Rupcich, Ball Charter School, Springfield, Illinois Rupcich comments on
the difference between charter schools and regular public schools in their flexibility to make school-level
decisions.
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Sheree Speakman, president and CEO, Fox River Learning, Inc. Speakman discusses the
value-added measurement of learning.
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Christopher Roellke, professor of Education, Vassar CollegeÑ Roellke
discusses the remarkably similar patterns of spending in all types of districts and describes the effects of
state-imposed school reforms on districts, especially small and poor ones.
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Gloria Woods, principal on assignment to the Boston Plan for Excellence Woods
discusses her experiences with schools and the process of alignment with goals.
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Ellen Guiney, executive director, Boston Plan for ExcellenceÑ Guiney
discusses her perceptions on the progression of education in the past decade along with teachers' use of
resources, especially in urban districts.
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Guy Cahill, Cahill and Associates; former director of Finance and Operations, Pekin
(Illinois) School District Cahill talks about the efficient and effective use of monies.
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Jan O'Neill, managing owner/consultant, Quantum Learning Dynamics O'Neill discusses
the appropriate use of standardized tests as a sampling procedure that could improve the educational
system.
We would like to give special thanks to the following people who were interviewed and contributed to the development of this product: Sue Dole, Harriet Arkley, Noel Scott, Tom Heintelman, Chris Pipho, Robert Holster, Diane Rutledge, and Michael Boer.
