DATE: 4-5:30 p.m., March 19, 2008.

EVENT: The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy’s new education policy seminar series, a core component of the Education Policy Initiative, will hold a panel session entitled “The Role of the Private Sector in K-12 Public Education.”

A panel of distinguished education and private sector leaders will gather to discuss the role of the private sector in K-12 public education, from a variety of viewpoints. Panelists include Michael Flanagan, superintendent of public instruction for the State of Michigan; Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute; JD Hoye, president of the National Academy Foundation; and Sanford I. Weill, chairman emeritus of Citigroup Inc.

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the U-M School of Education, will serve as discussant. Professor Brian Jacob will serve as moderator. The event is free and open to the public.

PLACE: Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor

SPONSOR: CLOSUP, a center housed within the Ford School, helps scholars conduct state-of-the-art policy-relevant social science research.

CONTACT: Tom Ivacko, (734) 647-4091.

Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy