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Roy Romer, Newt Gingrich to Discuss Danger of Education Crisis to American Economy During Strong American Schools' Blogger Summit
WASHINGTON, May 8 PRNewswire-USNewswire — As voters continue to worry about their economic future, two former senior party officials, political adversaries and staunch partisan leaders, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Roy Romer and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, will team up to discuss the importance of education reform within the 2008 presidential election. They will also put forth solutions to fix schools that are failing to give students the skills they need to compete in a global economy. ED in 08's Blogger Summit will be held at the Palomar Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 15th.
The nation's students are falling behind their international peers. In a 2006 international assessment America's 15 year-olds ranked 25th in math and 21st in science out of 30 participating countries.
Economists have long linked economy to education, estimating that if America could increase the cognitive skills of its students to the level of the highest performing nations over the next decade, our Gross Domestic Product would grow by an additional 4.5% over the next 25 years, an amount that is equal to what we currently spend on K-12 public education.
Event: Romer and Gingrich Discuss Importance of Education Reform within the 2008 Presidential Election
Date: Thursday, May 15th
Time: 11:45 am EST
Location:
Hotel Palomar
2121 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
See below for complete Blogger Summit agenda:
Panels:
9:00 am Opening Session
Featuring: Roy Romer, chairman of Strong American Schools
9:30 am Shaping Education Reform: The Issues Ahead
Featuring: Alexander Russo of This Week in Education
Jay Mathews of The Washington Post
Sara Mead of New America Foundation
John Mitchell of American Federation of Teachers
Richard Whitmire President of Education Writers Association
Amy Wilkins of The Education Trust
11:00 am Keynote Address: Time to Learn
Featuring: Chris Gabrieli of National Center on Time & Learning
11:45 am Luncheon Address
Featuring: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
Roy Romer, chairman of Strong American Schools
12:30 pm Q & A
Featuring: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
Roy Romer, chairman of Strong American Schools
Chris Gabrieli of National Center on Time & Learning
2:00 pm Blogging the Election: Breaking Through the Noise
Featuring: Marc Lampkin, executive director of Strong American Schools
Chris Cilizza of The Washington Post
Jonathan Martin of Politico
Michele McNeil of Education Week
Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review Online
3:00 pm The Role of Education Blogs at the Grassroots
Featuring: David Ash, former Churchill County school board member
Kenneth Bernstein, Teacher Ken of Daily Kos
Joanne Jacobs author of Our School
Adam Thibault of Strong American Schools
3:00 pm Blogging from the Trenches
Featuring: Will Okun of The New York Times
Kilian Betlach of Teaching in the 408
Dan Brown author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle
Kevin Carey of The Quick and the ED
Holly Zardus of Strong American Schools
Note: To speak with an ED in '08 official please contact the press team at 202.552.4557.
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