"A compilation of the proceedings from the 2005 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference (NEC) held in Washington, D.C. in April 2005"--P. xiv.
Introduction / Lewis C. Solmon, Kimberly Firetag Agam, and Citadelle Priagula
The challenges of school reform
The challenges of school reform: implementation, impact and sustainability / Lowell Milken, Anthony Amato, Congressman Chaka Fattah, Jennifer A. Marshall, Thomas W. Payzant, Ray Simon, and Paul G. Vallas
Presentation by Congressman Ralph Regula
No child left behind (NCLB) presentation by Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education
Meeting the requirements of no child left behind / Lewis C. Solmon, Antonia Cortese, David P. Driscoll, Nina Shokaraii Rees, and Andrew Rotherham
Panel contributions / Nina Shokaraii Rees, and Andrew Rotherham
Panel contributions
NCLB: its problems, its promise / Antonia Cortese
Remarks before the Midwest Equity Assistance Center / Nina Shokaraii Rees
Hopes and hazards: no child left behind and low-performing public schools / Andrew Rotherham
Teacher quality
The teacher advancement program / Tamara W. Schiff
Presentation by Senator Mary Landrieu
Intersection of performance pay and professional development / Kristan Van Hook, T. Kenneth James, Cecil J. Picard, Alice Seagren, Lewis C. Solmon, and J. Todd White
Panel contributions
Encouraging teachers to invest paying off for Louisiana / Cecil J. Picard
Should we pay and train teachers differently? / Alice Seagren and Ken Wolf
Teacher quality key for school reform / Lowell Milken and Lewis C. Solmon
Framing the future: pre-K through higher education
Early childhood: the proper path for the future / Stephen Goldsmith, Libby Doggett, Ron Haskins, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Dennis Vicars, and Elanna Yalow
Shaping K-12 education, presentation by Governor Tim Pawlenty
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act / J. Ted Sanders, Guilbert C. Hentschke, Sally L. Stroup, Ben Wildavsky, Susan Tave Zelman
Panel contributions
Closing achievement gaps / Ron Haskins and Cecilia Rouse
Ohio's approach to high quality teaching / Susan Tave Zelman
Conference presenters' bios.
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