I finally get to go to law school! \u00a0The otherwise bright students at UCLA have invited me to lead a panel that discusses education reform. \u00a0Details follow:<\/p>\n
Learning from<\/span><\/em> and in<\/span><\/em> the Los Angeles Unified School District<\/strong><\/p>\n A Panel Discussion on Historical Education Reform, <\/strong><\/p>\n a Landmark Settlement, and the New Plan for Change<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 2011<\/p>\n 12:15-1:30pm<\/p>\n UCLA School of Law, Room 1357<\/p>\n Thank you for joining us! \u00a0We are excited to share perspectives and insights on LAUSD\u2019s education, legal and policy reforms from the past, present and future.\u00a0 Our moderator and speakers are the experts who have conducted the research, litigated the cases, and advised the Superintendent Elect.\u00a0 After remarks from the panelists, we will welcome questions from audience members.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Our Moderator<\/strong><\/p>\n Charles Taylor Kerchner<\/strong> is a Research Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the Claremont Graduate University.\u00a0 He specializes in educational organizations, education policy, and teacher unions.\u00a0 He has examined efforts to reform the Los Angeles Unified School District, and captured this work on institutional change in two recently published books: Learning from L.A.: Institutional Change in American Public Education<\/em><\/a>, and The Transformation of Great American School Districts: How Big Cities are Reshaping Public Education<\/em><\/a>, both by Harvard Education Press. \u00a0\u00a0In addition, he has continued a line of research into teacher unions and their implication for public education. In “Negotiating what Matters”<\/em><\/a> (American Journal of Education) he argues that student achievement should be a required subject of negotiation. \u00a0In “<\/a>Charter Schools and Collective Bargaining”<\/em><\/a> <\/em>(Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy), he advocates using charter law as a means of creating high performance work places for teachers. \u00a0Before coming to Claremont Graduate University in 1976, Kerchner was on the faculty at Northwestern University, were he received his Ph.D, was a member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education staff, and was on the staff of the St. Petersburg<\/em> (Florida) Times<\/em> in a number of editorial and managerial positions. \u00a0In addition to his doctorate, he holds a B.S. and M.B.A. degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana. For more information on Professor Kerchner’s research, visit his website at www.mindworkers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Our Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n Catherine Lhamon <\/strong>is the Director of Impact Litigation at Public Counsel, where she brings civil rights litigation with a poverty focus.\u00a0 Before joining Public Counsel in October 2009, Catherine was Assistant Legal Director at the ACLU of Southern California, where she directed the racial justice program and practiced for ten years.\u00a0 California Lawyer<\/em> magazine honored Catherine as an Attorney of the Year for Civil Rights in 2004 and the Daily Journal<\/em> newspaper named her one of the Top 20 California Lawyers Under 40 in 2007 and twice honored her as one of the State\u2019s Top Women Litigators in 2010 and 2007.\u00a0 Before coming to the ACLU of Southern California, Catherine was a Supervising Attorney in the Appellate Litigation Program at the Georgetown University Law Center.\u00a0 Immediately after law school, Catherine clerked for Judge William A. Norris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.\u00a0 Catherine received her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. from Amherst College.<\/p>\n David Sapp <\/strong>has been a staff attorney with the ACLU since October 2009 and focuses primarily on education and juvenile justice issues.\u00a0 Prior to joining the ACLU, David clerked for the Honorable Raymond C. Fisher on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and was a Skadden Fellow at Advocates for Children\u2019s Services in Durham, North Carolina, where he represented students in school discipline and special education proceedings.\u00a0 He began his legal career by clerking for the Honorable Myron H. Thompson on the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. David graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School and received his B.A. from Duke University.<\/p>\n Hailly Khorman <\/strong>is a Litigation Associate at Morrison & Foerster, LLP in Los Angeles and a recipient of the ACLU’s 2011 Social Justice Award for her work in Reed v. State<\/em>.\u00a0 Hailly began her career in education in 1998 as a preschool teacher at the “Best of Boston” Lemberg Children’s Center and went on to join Teach for America in 2002.\u00a0 She taught at 122nd Street Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District for five years before attending law school.\u00a0 During that time, she also wrote for the LA Times and eduwonk.com.\u00a0 For her 1L summer, Hailly was an Education Pioneers Fellow at the Learning Rights Law Center working in collaboration with the Lynwood Unified School District and in her final year of law school, Hailly taught an undergraduate seminar course at UCLA titled “Alice in Eduland: Adventures in Education Reform Policy and Politics.”\u00a0 She earned her B.A. cum laude from Brandeis University with concentrations in Politics and Early Education.\u00a0 She is a 2010 UCLA Law PILP alum and she continues to teach at her kitchen table with her godson, a former student.<\/p>\n Paul Miller<\/strong> currently manages the transition team for LAUSD Superintendent Elect Dr. John Deasy.\u00a0\u00a0 The team is addressing reforms to the district\u2019s approach to talent management, teaching and learning, and district operations.\u00a0 Paul is also the Executive Director of Teach For America Los Angeles.\u00a0 He spent the previous two years leading economic development efforts in Camden, New Jersey, first as president of the Cooper Grant Neighborhood Association where he managed a $7 million housing development and, most recently, as president of the Board of Directors and acting chief executive officer of the Camden Empowerment Zone Corporation. \u00a0He taught fifth grade in Camden, New Jersey after earning a Master of Science at the London School of Economics and pursuing a Ph.D. in international studies at Cambridge University. \u00a0Paul earned his B.A. from the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n The Education and Law Society<\/strong> is a student organization that aims to strengthen UCLA School of Law students\u2019 commitment to achieving educational equity by providing: (1) resources for coursework, advocacy, research, and careers related to education and the law; (2) forums for discussing educational issues with legal practitioners, professors, and colleagues; and (3) volunteer opportunities that directly impact students in underserved areas.<\/p>\n If you are a UCLA School of Law student and are interested in joining the Education and Law Society<\/em>, please email edlaw@lawnet.ucla.edu<\/a>. 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