This con­fer­ence pro­vid­ed the first bal­anced and com­pre­hen­sive look at the New Orleans edu­ca­tion expe­ri­ence and its effects. It includ­ed 75+ local and nation­al speak­ers and participants. Videos of each of the ses­sions are now avail­able. See schedule for videos. Local par­tic­i­pants includ­ed archi­tects of the reforms, edu­ca­tors, admin­is­tra­tors and non-prof­it lead­ers involved in the city’s schools. Nation­al par­tic­i­pants includ­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives of major inter­est and advo­ca­cy groups, phil­an­thropists, schol­ars, com­men­ta­tors, jour­nal­ists, and lead­ers in cities pur­su­ing sim­i­lar reform mod­els. Most impor­tant­ly, the invi­ta­tion and speak­ers list includ­ed a mix of both sup­port­ers and oppo­nents of the reforms. The sched­ule of events cov­ered a wide range of top­ics, includ­ing: teach­ers and instruc­tion­al qual­i­ty, char­ter schools and CMOs, school choice, char­ter autho­riza­tion and clo­sure, finances, and test-based account­abil­i­ty. All of these top­ics were dis­cussed with a focus on equi­ty and stu­dent outcomes.