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Education Task Force: New York Forum Agenda

Renewing Our Schools, Securing Our Future

Redesigning Schools for the 21st Century: Promising Innovations

Audience Agenda for New York

December 10, 2004
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York

10:00 – 10:25                 Welcome and Introductions

  • Arthur Levine, President, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress                                               
  • Robert Borosage, President, Institute for America's Future
  • Philip Murphy, Senior Director, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

10:25 – 11:25                 Panel Presentations

  • Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone
  • Cecilia Cunningham, Executive Director, Middle College National Consortium
  • Gerry House, President and CEO, Institute for Student Achievement
  • David Levin, Superintendent, KIPP Academy
  • Norma Morales, Principal, Bronx International High School
  • Douglas Wood, Executive Director, National Academy for Excellent Teaching

11:25 – 11:55                 Panel Dialogue with Task Force Members

            Panelists and Task Force members will engage in dialogue on redesigning schools.  Task Force members will learn about community challenges related to this issue, as well as local initiatives to ensure that secondary schools are structured to best support learning.

11:55 – 12:05                 Student Perspectives

            Students will have an opportunity to share their personal experiences and discuss the challenges they face.

12:05 – 12:30                 Audience Participation

            Task Force members and panelists will turn to the audience to hear more about their concerns and to take questions.

Participating Task Force Members

  • Co-Chair Philip Murphy, Senior Director, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  • Co-Chair Janet Napolitano, Governor, State of Arizona
  • Co-Chair Roger Wilkins, Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University
  • John Buchanan, Former member of Congress, State of Alabama
  • Louis Caldera, President, University of New Mexico, former Secretary of the Army
  • Judith McHale, President and Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Communications, Inc.
  • Margaret McKenna, President, Lesley University
  • Delia Pompa, Principal, DMP Associates and former Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
  • James Pughsley, Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Public Schools, Charlotte, NC
  • Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network
  • Chauncey Veatch, National Teacher of the Year, Coachella Valley High School, Thermal, CA