Progress Report: Education Leaders Sound Off

Moderator
Lowell Milken, Co-Founder and Chairman, Milken Family Foundation

Speakers
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO, Success Academy Charter Schools
Kristan Van Hook, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Development, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Despite highly visible and well-funded efforts to improve public education in the United States, significant challenges remain. Only one-third of American children are proficient in math and reading, and just over half of African-American and Latino students are able to read by fourth grade. Parents, educators and business leaders continue to search for better methods and the right partnerships to educate children and prepare adults for the workplace. What reform efforts are working? Is the K-12 system adequately preparing students for higher education? Are increasingly expensive universities providing enough bang for the buck? Can the graduation gap for minority students -- in regard to both high school and college -- be closed? Are schools of education producing enough quality teachers for Americans to compete for good jobs? How are universities meeting student remediation needs, addressing the mountains of student debt and implementing online curricula? This panel of outspoken education experts will tackle these tough topics and more, propose remedies and identify avenues for business and philanthropic leaders to make an impact.