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Getting Education Right
Feb 2006

Description:

A renowned group of panelists – Geoffrey Canada, Founder of The Harlem Children’s Zone and education advocate; Wendy Kopp, Founder and President of Teach for America; Raye Jones Avery, Delaware Activist, Artist and Educator and Rod Paige, Former Secretary of Education and Developer of “No Child Left Behind” – discuss the challenges and obstacles which must be overcome, the risks of failure, and examples of great successes and rewards.

Panelists

Raye Jones Avery

Delaware Activist, Artist, Educator

Wendy Kopp

Founder and President of Teach for America

Rod Paige

Former Secretary of Education, Developed and Implemented “No Child Left Behind”

Geoffrey Canada

Advocate and expert on issues concerning children, education and community redevelopment

Other Clips from this Forum

Teachers are Diamonds but we Treat Them Like Coal 2/23/2006 00:57	Geoffrey Canada: We Allow Failing Schools to Continue 2/23/2006 01:43	Wendy Kopp: What Causes the Achievement Gap? 2/23/2006 01:28
Geoffrey Canada Compares Children to Rats?! 2/23/2006 01:55	Geoff Canada Takes on Teachers Unions 2/23/2006 01:00	Why our Schools are Lousy and How to Fix Them 2/23/2006 01:56
No Child Left Behind Changed the Education Debate 2/23/2006 01:18	Rod Paige and Raye Jones Avery Disagree About Role of Teachers 2/23/2006 01:51	Raye Jones Avery and Rod Paige Disagree About Racism 2/23/2006 02:03
Geoff Canada: We"re Training Students for an Economy That Doesn"t Exist 2/23/2006 01:37	Do We Have One School System for Rich and One for Poor? 2/23/2006 02:21	Geoffrey Canada: What Keeps You Up at Night? 2/23/2006 01:33
Wendy Kopp Shares What Works in Education 2/23/2006 02:24	Rod Paige on Educational Testing and Prostate Cancer Screening 2/23/2006 01:57	Wendy Kopp Tells an Education Success Story 2/23/2006 01:35