National PTA is excited to announce that we are a sponsor of the Presidential Forum hosted by the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) on Thursday, May 26 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET. National PTA has been an active member of CEF for many years working with over 100 education organizations to support increased federal investments in education programs. The Presidential Forum will feature a unique opportunity to hear an in-depth analysis of each candidate’s education priorities from high-level representatives on their campaign teams.
Award-winning journalist Candy Crowley will moderate the event and give the audience a chance to ask questions about the importance of investing in education and what education policy might look like in a new administration. All PTA members are invited to watch the broadcast live from the Newseum in Washington, D.C. and participate in the forum by submitting questions for the speakers atSubmitQ@cef.org or tweet your question using #CEFpresForum.
We hope you can join the critical conversation and find out about each of the candidate’s education policy platforms in the 2016 race for the White House! The full agenda of speakers and times for the Presidential Forum is below. Please contact Joshua Westfall (jwestfall@pta.org) with any questions you may have about the Presidential Forum.
Please feel free to share widely with your state and local PTA networks and on social media. National PTA and the Government Affairs staff will be tweeting during the event.
2016 CEF Presidential Forum Agenda
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Opening Remarks
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM: 1st Panel—Presidential Campaign Surrogates
- Ann O’Leary, Senior Policy Advisor, Hillary Clinton Campaign
- Donni Turner, Policy Advisor, Bernie Sanders Campaign
- Policy Advisor from the Donald Trump Campaign (invited)
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: 2nd Panel—Representatives from Education Think Tanks
- Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education, Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity, The Heritage Foundation
- Nat Malkus, Fellow in Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President for Policy, Center for American Progress
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Closing Remarks
