Teacher Turnover in At-Risk Schools: Accurate Diagnosis, Promising Solutions
Dr. Janet Hansen
Janet Hansen, Ph.D. (public and international affairs, Princeton University), is a senior policy researcher in Washington, D.C. Her research interests include K–12 school finance; K–12 school reform; and higher education access, affordability, and effectiveness. Dr. Hansen joined the RAND Corporation in July 2004 as a senior policy resercher in the Washington, D.C., office. Her current work focuses on transforming American school finance into a performance-oriented system that supports and encourages the effective use of educational resources to improve student learning, especially in traditionally underperforming urban areas. She is RAND's project director on a joint study of school finance reform being conducted with the University of Washington with sponsorship from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Before joining RAND, she served as vice president and director of education studies at the Committee for Economic Development (Washington, D.C.), where she directed projects spanning early childhood, K–12, and postsecondary education. From 1990 to 1999 she was senior program officer at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC). She was study director for the Committee on Education Finance and coedited (with Helen F. Ladd) the committee's 1999 report, Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools. She served as director of the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education from 1994–97 and also prepared NAS/NRC reports on education and training for the workplace. Earlier, she was director for policy analysis for the College Board, specializing in higher education finance and publishing a number of reports and articles on student grant and loan programs. She has been an academic administrator at Princeton University and the Claremont Colleges. She is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the Education Commission of the States and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Education Finance Association.
Dr. George Ann Rice
George Ann Rice, Ph.D., is associate superintendent, Human Resources Division, at the Clark County School District in Las Vegas. In this position, held since 1991, Dr. Rice has districtwide responsibility for the recruitment, selection, placement, induction, and retention of more than 16,600 licensed teachers; 1,000 administrators; and 9,000 support staff employees. Dr. Rice is responsible for contract compliance, employee-management relations, and securing changes in Nevada Law and Nevada Administrative Code related to employment and licensure issues. She is a former attorney as well as high school assistant principal, teacher, and department chair. In just the last few years, Dr. Rice has served as one of three appointees of the governor on the Interim Legislative Committee on Higher Education; chaired the Nevada Task Force of the National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices, Recruiting and Retaining High-Quality Teachers; served as lead negotiator for Clark County School District negotiations with three unions, where she was able to have three four-year labor contracts ratified before school began in 2003 using interest-based negotiating; participated in the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future Summit on the First Three Years of Teaching at Johnson Foundation's Wingspread in September 2003; served as member of the Teachers' Council for Western Governors' University; served as member of NCATE's Board of Examiners, representing the National Association of Secondary School Principals; and served as a representative of K–12 education on National Association of Systems Head University Chancellors Work Group.
Dr. Linda Wallinger
Dr. Linda M. Wallinger has worked at the Virginia Department of Education since 1998. Currently she is assistant superintendent for instruction, working with the offices of elementary, middle, and high school instruction; career and technical education; federal programs; and adult education and literacy. Dr. Wallinger also has served as director of the office of program administration and accountability, director of the office of high school instruction, and associate director of both teacher quality enhancement and foreign languages as well as English as a second language. Prior to her service at the Department of Education, she was a middle school administrator in Hanover County (Virginia) and a French teacher in Botetourt and Henrico Counties (Virginia).
A native Virginian, Dr. Wallinger holds a B.A. in French and an Ed.S. and Ph.D. in educational policy, planning, and leadership from the College of William and Mary. She earned an M.Ed. in school administration from the University of Virginia. Dr. Wallinger has traveled and studied extensively in francophone countries and has won a number of honors and awards for her excellence in teaching and contributions to school leadership.
At the Department of Education, Dr. Wallinger has worked on numerous projects in response to actions taken by the General Assembly and the Board of Education. Currently, she is working closely with the Governor's Office on the Education for a Lifetime Initiative. She also has published a number of refereed journal articles and edited a book on topics related to foreign language education and school leadership. In her free time, Dr. Wallinger enjoys pursuing her interest in international languages and cultures by traveling and reading.
Dr. Tom Carroll (Moderator) 
Dr. Tom Carroll is president of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. In this role, Dr. Carroll leads the organization's efforts to raise standards for teaching and learning, improve professional development, and restructure school environments so the needs of all students are met. Dr. Carroll joined NCTAF from the U.S. Department of Education, where he was founding director of the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology ("PT3") grants program since 1999. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Carroll was director of technology planning and evaluation at the Schools and Libraries Corporation, the nonprofit agency charged with implementing the "E-rate," which granted Internet access to schools at discounted prices. From 1994 to 1997, he served as the founding director of the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants at the U.S. Department of Education. In 1993–94, Dr. Carroll was the Secretary of Education's liaison to the Corporation for National Service during the start-up year of the AmeriCorps National Service Program. From 1986 through 1992, he was the deputy director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in the U. S. Department of Education. In 1979, Dr. Carroll managed research programs on nonformal education and lifelong learning at the National Institute of Education.
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