About Community Dialogues on Education
Founded in 2003, Community Dialogues on Education explores timely
and interesting topics in education and brings together thinkers,
practitioners, and community members.
Community Dialogues on Education models a productive process
for discussion of complex issues. Each Dialogue features
one or more speakers talking about issues within
the selected topic. After a presentation, the audience breaks
up into small discussion groups to further explore
the topic together.
The Dialogues have explored topics such as motivating children
to love learning, school finance, the role of the public in public
schools, and charter schools. Speakers have included Stanford
School of Education Dean Deborah Stipek, Stanford Professor of
Education Michael Kirst, Richard Whitmore, CFO WestEd, Merrill
Vargo from BASRC, Don Shalvey, CEO of Aspire Public Schools, Hoover
Institute Fellow Terry Moe, and others.
Executive Committee
Nancy Lippe, Executive Chair
Vicki Hobel Schultz
Laura Casas-Frier
Lynette Lee Eng
Community volunteers and contributors are responsible for the success of Community Dialogues. The executive committee thanks the following volunteers, among others, who have helped make the Community Dialogues a success.
Patty Boettcher
Terri Couture
Anne Marie Gallagher
Lalia Helmer
Roy Lave
Pam Lytle
Jane Turnbull
Erica Vener
Ellen Wheeler
