Senate Education Committee
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
Agenda
11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Opening remarks
Senator Dave Argall, Majority Chair, Education Committee
Senator Lindsey Williams, Minority Chair, Education Committee
11:05 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Panel #1
Dr. Tanya Garcia, Deputy Secretary for Postsecondary and Higher Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education – Testimony
Dr. Carissa Pokorny Golden, Director of the Bureau of School Leadership & Teacher Quality, Pennsylvania Department of Education – Testimony
Laura Boyce, Executive Director, Teach Plus – Testimony
Zakiya Stewart, Pennsylvania Policy Manager, Teach Plus – Testimony
Amy Morton, System Design Specialist, National Center on Education and the Economy – Testimony
Jason Dougal, President and Chief Operating Officer, National Center on Education and the Economy – Testimony
Elizabeth Stelle, Director of Policy Analysis, Commonwealth Foundation – Testimony
11:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Panel #2
Dr. John Ward, Dean College of Education Kutztown University & President of
Pennsylvania Association Colleges of Teacher Education (PAC-TE)
Dr. Sarah Ulrich, Associate Dean of Teacher Education & Undergraduate Affairs,
Drexel University
Dr. Valerie Klein, Director of Teacher Education for the School of Education, Drexel University – Testimony & Charts
12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel #3
Rich Askey, President, Pennsylvania State Education Association – Testimony
Dr. Andrew McLaughlin, Superintendent of Grade Schools, Archdiocese of Philadelphia – Testimony
Boaz Dvir, Director, Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative at Penn State
12:30 p.m. Adjournment
Additional Written Testimonies:
Alliance of Approved Private Schools – Testimony
PASSHE – Testimony
Philadelphia Charters for Excellence – Testimony