Holmes Virtual Policy Institute Session 2 Title: Navigating Education Policy: Systems, Structures, and AACTE’s Role

This session takes you deeper into the current dynamics shaping federal education policy — and shows how AACTE engages in that work through targeted government relations and advocacy.

Attendees will gain insights on updated systems, key players, and hot-button issues influencing policy priorities in the nation’s capital. Attendees can also explore how AACTE’s approach to advocacy connects to Washington Week — and how it differs from the work happening at state and local levels. Additionally, this session previews how the “Pathways Into Education Policy” activity will help apply these lessons in real time on the Hill.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify updated key players, systems, and issues in education policy-making in the nation’s capital
• Understand the basics of how AACTE works in the government relations and advocacy space
• Understand the difference between federal advocacy on AACTE’s priorities at Washington Week vs. local/state advocacy
• Discuss applications of lessons learned from the ‘Pathways Into Education Policy’ activity at the upcoming Washington Week

Speakers:

Jacqueline King, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant
AACTE

Jacqueline King, Ph.D. is an independent consultant who works with K-12 and higher education leaders to improve student outcomes. King has had a long career in education, including 15 years at the American Council on Education (ACE). She is the author or co-author of numerous reports, articles, and book chapters on college readiness, student financing of higher education, access and persistence in postsecondary education, student demographic trends, educator preparation, philanthropic giving to colleges and universities, and trends in the leadership of higher education.

Randa Keeley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Holmes Program Coordinator
Texas Woman’s University

Randa G. Keeley, PhD is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX with a research concentration in classroom interventions that promote inclusive learning environments for students with special educational needs and disabilities. Her research interests include the application of quantitative and qualitative measures to analyze the effects of inclusive practices, culturally responsive teaching, and co-teaching as they relate to the teacher and student.