America’s High Schools: What Works? What’s Next?
On October, 20, 2008, U.S. News & World Report, in association with Intel, will host a summit in the nation’s capital devoted to the urgent need to improve America’s secondary school education. “America’s High Schools: What Works? What’s Next?” will examine the fundamental reasons why high school education has become less stable for millions of American students and how government, educators and the private sector can determine a plan of action to improve student achievement. Join fellow senior business executives, top education experts and government officials at this one-day summit on advancing the national dialogue on this important public-policy issue.
AGENDA
8:15 – 8:45 am
Registration | Breakfast
8:45 am
Welcome: William A. Swope, Vice President & General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Intel Corporation
Introduction: Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report
9:00 am
Morning Keynote Conversation: Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department Of Education
9:45 am – 11:00 am
Panel 1 | Secondary Education: A Road Map For The Future
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 2 | Business In The Classroom: Can Private / Public Partnerships Build Better Students?
1:00 pm
Luncheon And Keynote Speaker: To Be Announced
2:00 pm
Closing Remarks
PANEL INFORMATION
Panel 1: "Secondary Education: A Road Map for the Future"
U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s High Schools: A Road Map for the Future” will examine the current state of secondary school education in America, including the gap between the top-performing, and often economically advantaged student, and those struggling to achieve. Most important, the panel will consider what an aggressive reform agenda for America’s high schools at the national, state and local levels might look like and where new directions for policymaking—including standards and testing, adopting a more rigorous curriculum in math and science, lowering the drop out rate and creating smaller schools—make sense.
Panelists:
Andrew J. Rotherham, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Education Sector (Moderator)
Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, Inc.
Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools
Frederick M. Hess, Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
T. Kenneth James, Ed.D., Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Education
Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association
Panel 2: "Business in the Classroom: Can Private / Public Partnerships Build Better Students?"
U.S. News & World Report’s “Business in the Classroom: Can Private / Public Partnerships Make Better Students?” will examine how businesses and educators can develop and apply skills in the classroom with teachers, counselors and students. Panel members will review lessons learned in building business / education coalitions and identify strategies to better recognize students’ needs, strengths, and barriers. Additionally, the panel will discuss “common sense” approaches for businesses in determining what matters most in schools, how to better engage students and teachers by establishing long and short-term goals, how to most efficiently utilize partnerships to affect student achievement and how to best transition students for higher education and, eventually, appealing jobs in a modern economy.
Panelists:
Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report (moderator)
Anne L. Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association
Stephen C. Jones, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools, Norfolk (Virginia) Public Schools
William A. Swope, Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Intel Corporation
Susan Tave Zelman, Senior Vice President, Education and Children’s Content, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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