2021 KDE Summit Day 1

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Overview, Jason E. Glass, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education [Timestamp: 0:00:32]
National Anthem, D’Corey Johnson, Bates Elementary, Jefferson County Public Schools [Timestamp: 0:00:54]

8:40 a.m.
State of Education, Gov. Andy Beshear [Timestamp: 0:17:56]

9 a.m.
Keynote: Education for the Innovation Era [Timestamp: 00:43:10, introductions]
Tony Wagner, Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute [Timestamp: 0:45:50]
Moderator: Lu Young, Chair, Kentucky Board of Education [Timestamp: 0:45:10]

9:45 a.m.
Keynote: Beyond KERA – What Will Kentucky’s Next Chapter Be? [Timestamp: 1:32:00, introductions]
Sen. David Givens, R-Greensburg, President Pro Tempore, Kentucky General Assembly [Timestamp: 1:36:49]
Rep. David Meade, R-Stanford, Speaker Pro Tempore, Kentucky General Assembly [Timestamp: 1:36:49]
Moderator: Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education [Timestamp: 1:32:00, introductions 1:34:17]

10:45 a.m.
Reaction Panel: Education for the Innovation Era and Beyond KERA – What Will Kentucky’s Next Chapter Be? [Timestamp: 2:12:15, introductions]
Brigitte Blom, Executive Director, The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence [Timestamp: 2:18:53]
Allison Martin, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship and Digital Communications, GE Appliances [Timestamp: 2:16:20]
Sen. Gerald Neal, D-Louisville, Kentucky General Assembly [Timestamp: 2:21:24]
Laura Peavley, 2021 Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year (Jefferson County Public Schools) [Timestamp: 2:14:58]
Moderator: Ashli Watts, President and CEO, Kentucky Chamber [Timestamp: 2:13:29]

1:15 p.m.
Keynote: Achieving Our Aspirations: Emerging Policy and Practice [Timestamp: 2:53:49, introductions]
Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education [Timestamp: 2:58:55]
Moderator: Gene Wilhoit, Founder, Center for Innovation in Education, former Kentucky Commissioner of Education [Timestamp: 2:56:09]

2 p.m.
Reaction Panel: Achieving Our Aspirations: Emerging Policy and Practice [Timestamp: 3:39:15, introductions]
Justin Bathon, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky [Timestamp: 3:43:57]
Rep. Tina Bojanowski, D-Louisville, Kentucky General Assembly [Timestamp: 3:46:47]
Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year (Montgomery County Schools) [Timestamp: 3:42:56]
Carmen Coleman, Chief Academic Officer, Jefferson County Public Schools [Timestamp: 3:45:30]
Moderator: Byron Darnall, Associate Commissioner, Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness, Kentucky Department of Education [Timestamp: 3:40:31]

3 p.m.
Keynote: Student Mental Health: Conversations and Solutions with Kentucky Students [Timestamp: 4:24:10, introductions]
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman [Timestamp: 4:25:31]
Members of the Kentucky Department of Education Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council [Timestamp: 4:38:52]

4 p.m.
Keynote: A Search for Common Ground [Timestamp: 5:23:30, introductions]
Frederick M. Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute [Timestamp: 5:28:21]
Pedro A. Noguera, Dean, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education [Timestamp: 5:28:21]
Moderator: Sharon Porter Robinson, Vice-Chair, Kentucky Board of Education [Timestamp: 5:26:25]

5 p.m.
Day 1 Recap, Jason E. Glass, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Education [Timestamp: 6:24:13]