In collaboration with the DC Education Compact, DC VOICE, the Institute for Educational Leadership and the Laboratory for Student Success, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education holds quarterly policy forums on issues of interest to the DC education policy community. This is an opportunity for stakeholders, including local public officials and representatives of national and local groups, to interact with expert speakers, explore topics and resolve cross-cutting policy issues. Past forums have covered topics such as engaging youth in high school reform, assessing how our schools measure up in an era of high expectations and accountability, defining teacher quality and distributing highly qualified teachers.

Past Policy Forums: 

• June 2008, The Achievement Gap: The Numbers and the Stories They Tell    
• March 2008, Truancy: The Absent Epidemic
• December 2007, Establishing School Climate for Academic Success
• September 2007, Service-Learning: Linking Classroom Lessons and Social Action to Improve Student Achievement
• June 2007, Cutting the Fat: Local and National Efforts to Provide Healthy School Environments for Students
• March 2007, Early Childhood: What’s on the Horizon? Advancing Program Access, Quality and Funding
• December 2006, Best Practices:  Preparing High School Graduates for College and other Postsecondary Options
• October 2006, Double the Numbers for College Success: Strategies for Increasing College Access and Completion for DC Students
• June 2006, Public Education Finance: Funding for Adequacy in the District of Columbia
• March 2006, Career and Technical Education: Supporting Academic Goals—Preparing Youth for Competitive Employment
• December 2005, Defining Teacher Quality and Distributing Highly Qualified Teachers 
• September 2005, How our Schools Measure Up in an Era of High Expectations and Accountability
• June 2005, Out of School Time Programming
• March 2005, Engaging Youth in High School Reform
• December 2004, Education Standards and Achievement*