Sharing Capitol Ideas Roundtables: Education
Sunday, Dec.5 | 10-11:30 a.m.
Learn what impact the 2010 elections will have on education issues in your state at a roundtable to preview education policy trends in 2011. Find out if state-level education reform is attainable in light of today’s economic conditions. Join the discussion with your colleagues on how to strengthen academic standards and ensure accountability for all students; best practices to close the ever-present achievement gap; and how policymakers, education officials, local administrators, parents and the business community can work together to prepare students for college or the work force.
Moderator
Michael K. Yudin
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
Michael Yudkin recently joined the Department of Education as deputy assistant secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education and serves as a key advisor on policy related to student achievement, school accountability, academic iImprovement , teacher quality, math and science, high school reform, early childhood initiatives, and Indian education. Yudkin represents the assistant secretary on these issues and acts as the official liaison between the Office of the Secretary and other Department of Education Offices. He also meets with Congressional and White House representatives, other Federal agencies, and numerous public and private organizations concerned with or interested in elementary and secondary education.
Yudkin previously worked in the U.S. Senate on policy related to education, children and families, disabilities, competitiveness, and poverty. He served as legislative director for U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, senior counsel to U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, and HELP Committee Counsel to U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont. In these roles, he assisted in developing, promoting and advancing a comprehensive legislative agenda. He helped draft and negotiate various pieces of legislation, including the No Child Left Behind Act, IDEA, the America Competes Act, the Higher Education Act, Head Start, Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, WIA, TANF, and Child Welfare.