Educating America's youth for success in the global arena
Subtitle: August 15-20, 2011
By: executive director and moderator, Dan Glickman ; [Carol Copple ... [et al.]]
Contributors: Aspen Institute
Series: Congressional program -- v. 26, no. 3; Congressional program -- v. 26, no. 3.
Publisher: Aspen Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780898435573
Subjects: Education; Congresses
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held Aug. 15-20, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Rapporteur's summary / Carol Copple; title: Improving student achievement, K-12: lessons from Ontario, Canada / Avis Glaze; title: Postsecondary education and jobs / Anthony Carnevale; title: The virtuous circle: the good politics of improving public education / lessons from Ontario / Gerard Kennedy; title: Reaching our goals: learning in and from practice to innovate, to improve / Anthony Bryk; title: Higher education for the 21st century: transitioning colleges to better serve the needs of today's students / Gail Mellow; title: Transformation in tough times: rethinking the structures of schooling for the information age / Karen Hawley Miles; title: Why one-size does not fit all: strategic spending and collaboration for college and career readiness / Jerry Weast; title: Reimagining science education / Margaret Honey; title: Redesigning schools for work and citizenship in a global era / Anthony Jackson; title: Conference participants; title: Conference agenda.