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John Bailey, Director, Dutko Worldwide
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John Bailey is a Director in Dutko's Washington office, helping clients on a myriad of issues. Prior to joining Dutko, Bailey served at the White House as part of the President's domestic policy council where he was responsible for coordinating education and labor issues including stabilizing student loans during the recent credit crisis.
Bailey previously served as Deputy Policy Director at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he advised the Secretary on immigration reform, pandemic influenza, and health care policy. He also worked on technology and telecom policy and served as an ex-officio member of the U.S. Department of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. In 2002, the Secretary of Education appointed Bailey as the nation's second Director of Educational Technology. Bailey served as Pennsylvania's first Director of Educational Technology where he led the development of several initiatives to expand online learning and improve the use of technology and data in education. He also coordinated the Department's e-government initiatives including the migration of several legacy applications to web-based systems and the creation of one of the nation's first web-based grant systems. In addition to his experience in government, Bailey has also worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he managed a portfolio of national college readiness advocacy grants.
In 2009, Bailey was named as one of 25 American Council on Germany "Young Leaders" to participate in an annual conference with German business, finance, and government professionals. He was also selected by eSchoolNews as one of the 30 most influential leaders in the education technology industry.
Recent Responses
November 15, 2009 10:38 PM
Wanted to offer some additional thoughts to the discussion. ESEA is going to be competing for Congress and the Administration's attention next year with a long list of other priorities. Health care is now creeping into the 2010 legislative schedule. Cap and Trade has stalled (in fact our colleagues over at the NJ Energy blog were just discussing this). The Administration is also trying to advance a financial regulatory reform plan which is facing bipartisan concerns from moderate Democrats and Republicans. And WIA is due for reauthorization and could be pushed to the front of the legislative priority line given 10.2% unemployment, the Administration's interest additional…
Read moreAugust 26, 2009 12:38 AM
We need to begin with the assumption that every student has the potential to be successful in college. That shouldn’t be a radical statement, but there are still a number of people who quietly believe that not every student can attend college. I think Andy is right with his suggestion that states and schools make college prep curriculum the default curriculum for all students. Achieve’s American Diploma Project (ADP) offers a particularly interesting opt-in model that includes at least four years of English as well as four years of math, including Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II, and statistics…
Read moreAugust 12, 2009 10:54 PM
I think the question isn’t as much about paying students to learn as it is trying to find the right incentives that motivate students to take responsibility for their education. As I wrote the other week, economists will tell you that incentives matter. That’s the reason the Obama Administration is exploring pay for performance programs that provide financial incentives for teachers who improve student performance. Race to the Top is essentially a large-scale incentive program to motivate states to adopt a set of reform-friendly policies around teacher effectiveness, accountability, and public school choice. So why wouldn’t we also use…
Read moreAugust 9, 2009 10:24 PM
Addressing the teacher/student data firewall is fair and a needed change to help support broader education reforms. The intent is to use this data to drive conversations and strategies around the best ways of preparing, recruiting, rewarding, and retaining excellent teachers. Without this data, it is difficult, if not impossible, to understand what is working and what is not working within an education system. What isn’t entirely clear is how all the criteria in the Race to the Top applications will be evaluated relative to one another. The Notice of Proposed Priorities listed more than 19 criteria and requirements,…
Read moreAugust 2, 2009 09:47 PM
One of the benefits from NCLB is the spotlight placed on the troubling and persistent achievement gap - revealing systems that just have not worked for too many students. In addition to the ideas mentioned in this forum for closing the achievement gap, I want to focus on three other areas of reform: Enhance Data Systems: The Data Quality Campaign, along with federal funds, has helped states expand and enhance their data systems to link disparate elements to answer important policy questions. However, these systems tend to only have snapshot data from the pervious month, quarter, or year. As…
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