Attendees
A Team Effort
An effective conversation starts with everyone at the same table. We invited attendees to bring their leadership team — superintendents, school site leaders, cabinet officials, business partners, board members, and policy makers — ready to work together on both ideas and implementation.
Summit Agenda
Day One — Thursday, September 17
8:15 AM to 6:15 PM
| 8:15 – 9:15 | Registration and Refreshments
Sponsored by American Fidelity Assurance Company |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Opening Remarks “Perspectives from the Obama Administration” — Jim Shelton (Scott Pearson substituted for Mr. Shelton) Sponsored by American Fidelity Assurance Company |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Hospitality Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | “Transforming School Culture” — Dr. Anthony Muhammad
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 12:15 – 1:45 | Welcome Luncheon with Speaker “Raising Student Achievement” — Kati Haycock Sponsored by Kaplan K12 Learning Services |
| 2:00 – 3:15 | “ARRA Overview” — Leigh Manasevit |
| 3:15 – 3:45 | Hospitality Break
Sponsored by The Learning Springs |
| 3:45 – 5:00 | “California: The State of Reform” — Ted Mitchell |
| 5:15 – 6:15 | Reception and Q&A with Leigh Manasevit
Sponsored by ZUK Solutions |
Day Two — Friday, September 18
8:30 AM to 2:15 PM
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:15 | “The Changing Landscape of American Mathematics” — Uri Treisman, Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Hospitality Break
Sponsored by Action Learning Systems |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Panel: “The PACE of Reform in California: Commentary on New Efforts to Change California's Public Education Systems” Moderated by David Plank |
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Luncheon with Speaker “Crisis and Opportunity” — Jack O'Connell |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Closing Remarks Scott Hill — Vice President, Education Policy, School Innovations & Advocacy |
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