Interview with David Hornbeck, October 8, 2014
Project: Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project
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Hornbeck, a key architect of the Kentucky Education Reform Act, discusses his own education, his career, and the significance and influence of Kentucky's education reform in a national context. Hornbeck is the former Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, as well as the controversial former superintendent of the Philadelphia Public School System. He also discusses his work with the Business Roundtable's efforts at school reform, and his recent work with community schools in Baltimore.Interview Accession
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Business Roundtable Cindy Heine Common core state standards David Jones (Humana) David Karem Diane Ravitch Ed Reedy Jack Foster John Hall (Ashland Oil) Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Michelle Rhee Oz Nelson (head of UPS) Robert F. Sexton Russ Edgerton Thomas Boysen Wallace Wilkinson Presbyterian Church. School superintendents Charter schools.Interview Rights
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Hornbeck, David Interview by Arwen Donahue. 08 Oct. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hornbeck, D. (2014, October 08). Interview by A. Donahue. Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hornbeck, David, interview by Arwen Donahue. October 08, 2014, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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