chamber of commerce promotes 'ed reform'

["Monty Neill" <monty@fairtest.org>]

More on Chamber of Commerce expanded involvement in Education. I posted earlier that they were part of the presentations on 'standards' before the Commission on NCLB a week ago. The papers presented by the Chamber, Business Roundtable, Checker Finn/Fordham, Achieve were certainly instructive - their shared goal is tougher standards, and they will be pushing that in reauthorization of NCLB. The Commission presentation papers do not appear to be on the Commission's website, but audio of presentations is. http://www.aspeninstitute.org/site/c.huLWJeMRKpH/b.938015/k.40DA/Commission_on_No_Child_Left_Behind.htm

Here's the info on the Chamber's forthcoming "summit" on education (interesting lineup for a "Summit" - sure did leave off educators, following in the steps of previous "summits"): 

 http://www.uschamber.com/icw/events/summit06agenda.htm
>
> This October the U.S. Chamber will host its Education and Workforce Summit
> in Dallas, TX, entitled "Programs and Policies that Keep America
> Competitive." This year's agenda has been expanded to reflect the U.S.
> Chamber's new education and workforce initiative. The Summit will kick off
> on October 4th with a full day dedicated to education and workforce
> policy. The Honorable Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education,
> will provide opening remarks followed by presentations from national
> experts.
>
> On October 5th and 6th, the Summit will feature leaders and corporate
> executives who will present successful models on a variety of topics,
> including education reform; student preparation; high quality teaching;
> alignment among k-12, higher education, and workforce systems; and
> successful state-wide initiatives and policies. The Summit will also focus
> on the future of the American workforce.
>
> Join us in Dallas this October! Register for the Summit online.
>
> Featured Speakers and Presentations Include:
>
> Keynote address by the Honorable Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of
> Education
> Charles Miller, Chair, Commission on the Future of Higher Education
> Educational Testing Service (ETS) presentation: Americans Speak on
> Education and Competitiveness
> Ed Rust, Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance
> Former Governor of North Carolina James B. Hunt, Jr.
> Russ Whitehurst, Director, Institute for Education Sciences, U.S.
> Department of Education
> Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training
> Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
> Bob Wise, Former Governor, West Virginia, and President, Alliance for
> Excellent Education
> Alex Nock, Director, Commission on No Child Left Behind
> Sandy Kress, Partner, Akin Gump
> Barry Salzberg, Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche
> Dan Katzir, Managing Director, The Broad Foundation
> Rick Hess, Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies,
> American Enterprise Institute
> Sessions and Themes:
>
> Lessons learned from prominent business leaders
> Successful models of how business is impacting school leadership
> and policy
> Engaged chambers creating local education and workforce partnerships
> Overview of national education initiatives
> Program Evaluation: How do you know your program is successful?
> State business coalitions: Hear from the experts!
> State breakfast roundtables
> Data, STEM, and Teacher Quality break-outs
> Dinner at the Texas State Fair: Boots, Beer, and BBQ
> Plus plenty of question/answer and networking opportunities
>
>
> http://www.uschamber.com/icw/events/default.htm
>
>
>



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