ABOUT THE KORET TASK FORCE ON K–12 EDUCATION

In 1998, the Hoover Institution embarked on the Initiative on American Public Education. With the support of the Koret Foundation, the centerpiece of the initiative is a task force of educational experts who are well regarded within the education community and who have a broad understanding of the country's capacity for school reform.

Task Force members serve as editors, contributors, and members of the editorial board of Education Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research, which the Hoover Institution publishes. In recognition of their accomplishments, the Task Force received the prestigious Koret Prize in April 2002.

Top row, left to right: Herbert J. Walberg, Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul T. Hill, Eric A. Hanushek, John E. Chubb, Paul E. Peterson, John Raisian. Bottom Row, left to right: E. D. Hirsch Jr., Diane Ravitch, Williamson M. Evers, Terry M. Moe. Photo by Scotty Morris, courtesy of the Koret Foundation.

John E. Chubb is chief education officer and one of the founders of Edison Schools, a private manager of public schools, including many charter schools.

Williamson M. Evers is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Chester E. Finn Jr. is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of Hoover's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education. He is also president and a trustee of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Eric A. Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Paul T. Hill is a research professor in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, both at the University of Washington.

E. D. Hirsch Jr. is a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia.

Caroline M. Hoxby is a professor of economics at Harvard University.

Terry M. Moe is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University.

Paul E. Peterson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.

Diane Ravitch is a research professor at New York University; she holds the Brown Chair in Education Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Herbert J. Walberg is research professor emeritus of education and psychology and University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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