JOIN US IN NEW ORLEANS
It’s time for bold action.
We’re pleased to hold our 14th annual national gathering in New Orleans, where five years after Hurricane Katrina, both the promise and the crisis of American education remain in sharp focus. Join the country’s largest convening of education funders, as we seek more powerful approaches to achieve systemic change. Even as we celebrate resilience and highlight models of success, we gather with a heightened sense of immediacy, a greater sense of opportunity and a renewed commitment to providing equity and excellence for all learners.
Produced and hosted by Grantmakers for Education
720 S.W. Washington St., Suite 605, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 595-2100, information@edfunders.org
October 27–29, 2010 Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference
Special programs on October 26th
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Session: Means and Ends: Competing Visions for the Future of American Education
Despite our shared commitment to improving education, we face deep divides on how to achieve and sustain meaningful gains in student outcomes across the education pipeline. Join Linda Darling-Hammond, Rick Hess and moderator Kent McGuire for a spirited exploration of the future of American education. Debating topics ranging from education policy to specific classroom practice, Hess and Darling-Hammond will challenge each other and the audience to deepen our collective understanding of what we can do today to transform educational systems and outcomes in the years ahead.
Session: A Sense of Crisis, a Call to Action: Good Intention, Great Commitment and New Roles for Grantmakers
As disparities in educational opportunities, resources and outcomes continue to grow, we must acknowledge that our nation’s persisting inequalities defy simple solutions. Throughout his career as a legal scholar, Derrick Bell has probed the intersections of social justice, policy, advocacy and educational practices. As our final plenary speaker, Bell will challenge conference participants to examine our own assumptions about how race and class affect education in America, highlighting gaps in our practice and calling on each of us to translate what we learn at the conference into bold and sustained action.
Session: Means and Ends: Competing Visions for the Future of American Education
Despite our shared commitment to improving education, we face deep divides on how to achieve and sustain meaningful gains in student outcomes across the education pipeline. Join Linda Darling-Hammond, Rick Hess and moderator Kent McGuire for a spirited exploration of the future of American education. Debating topics ranging from education policy to specific classroom practice, Hess and Darling-Hammond will challenge each other and the audience to deepen our collective understanding of what we can do today to transform educational systems and outcomes in the years ahead.
Session: (T)ED
Drawing on TED, the global conference organized around "ideas worth spreading," we've brought together three provocateurs to frame our gathering with boldness and creativity.
Norman Francis, Xavier University of Louisiana
Fording Educational Gulfs, Deepening Gulf Education: New Orleans as Crucible for Education Reform How can we align educational systems within a region to expand opportunities and improve student outcomes? America’s longest-sitting university president Norman Francis, an active participant in local, state and national efforts to improve education, will offer his vision for reshaping the Gulf region’s education systems to meet the needs of underserved learners.
Hilary Pennington, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Redefining the Finish Line: Educational Attainment for All
Educational attainment, long the engine of upward mobility for millions of Americans, has become stalled. Dramatically increasing the number of Americans earning postsecondary credentials is a critical strategy for breaking generational cycles of poverty. Hilary Pennington, who leads the Gates Foundation’s efforts in postsecondary success, will outline what it will take to ensure all learners cross the new education finish line.
Gary Knell, Sesame Workshop
New Media, New Partnerships and New Ideas for Learning
How can funders leverage creative ideas and new partnerships to engage the next generation of learners? As the leader of Sesame Workshop’s global effort to expand innovations in early learning, Gary Knell will help us envision how to transform teaching and learning to make real gains in achieving equity and excellence.
Session: (T)ED
Drawing on TED, the global conference organized around "ideas worth spreading," we've brought together three provocateurs to frame our gathering with boldness and creativity.
Norman Francis, Xavier University of Louisiana
Fording Educational Gulfs, Deepening Gulf Education: New Orleans as Crucible for Education Reform How can we align educational systems within a region to expand opportunities and improve student outcomes? America’s longest-sitting university president Norman Francis, an active participant in local, state and national efforts to improve education, will offer his vision for reshaping the Gulf region’s education systems to meet the needs of underserved learners.
Hilary Pennington, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Redefining the Finish Line: Educational Attainment for All
Educational attainment, long the engine of upward mobility for millions of Americans, has become stalled. Dramatically increasing the number of Americans earning postsecondary credentials is a critical strategy for breaking generational cycles of poverty. Hilary Pennington, who leads the Gates Foundation’s efforts in postsecondary success, will outline what it will take to ensure all learners cross the new education finish line.
Gary Knell, Sesame Workshop
New Media, New Partnerships and New Ideas for Learning
How can funders leverage creative ideas and new partnerships to engage the next generation of learners? As the leader of Sesame Workshop’s global effort to expand innovations in early learning, Gary Knell will help us envision how to transform teaching and learning to make real gains in achieving equity and excellence.
Session: Means and Ends: Competing Visions for the Future of American Education
Despite our shared commitment to improving education, we face deep divides on how to achieve and sustain meaningful gains in student outcomes across the education pipeline. Join Linda Darling-Hammond, Rick Hess and moderator Kent McGuire for a spirited exploration of the future of American education. Debating topics ranging from education policy to specific classroom practice, Hess and Darling-Hammond will challenge each other and the audience to deepen our collective understanding of what we can do today to transform educational systems and outcomes in the years ahead.
Session: (T)ED
Drawing on TED, the global conference organized around "ideas worth spreading," we've brought together three provocateurs to frame our gathering with boldness and creativity.
Norman Francis, Xavier University of Louisiana
Fording Educational Gulfs, Deepening Gulf Education: New Orleans as Crucible for Education Reform How can we align educational systems within a region to expand opportunities and improve student outcomes? America’s longest-sitting university president Norman Francis, an active participant in local, state and national efforts to improve education, will offer his vision for reshaping the Gulf region’s education systems to meet the needs of underserved learners.
Hilary Pennington, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Redefining the Finish Line: Educational Attainment for All
Educational attainment, long the engine of upward mobility for millions of Americans, has become stalled. Dramatically increasing the number of Americans earning postsecondary credentials is a critical strategy for breaking generational cycles of poverty. Hilary Pennington, who leads the Gates Foundation’s efforts in postsecondary success, will outline what it will take to ensure all learners cross the new education finish line.
Gary Knell, Sesame Workshop
New Media, New Partnerships and New Ideas for Learning
How can funders leverage creative ideas and new partnerships to engage the next generation of learners? As the leader of Sesame Workshop’s global effort to expand innovations in early learning, Gary Knell will help us envision how to transform teaching and learning to make real gains in achieving equity and excellence.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND ORGANIZERS
Presenting Sponsor
Supporting Sponsors
Contributing Sponsors
McCormick Foundation
The Southeastern Council of Foundations
W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation