Education Leaders & Policymakers Meet in D.C. for FEE National Summit

Education policymakers and leaders meet in Washington D.C. November 27-28 for the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s (FEE) fifth annual Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform. This two-day event is a forum to learn what works, what doesn’t and what’s next to transform education for the 21^st century. Hosted by Jeb Bush, governor of Florida from 1999-2007 and chairman of the Foundation, the Summit has quadrupled in size over the past five years. This year, it brings together nearly 800 education reformers – including education chiefs and hundreds of lawmakers and policymakers – from 46 states, the District of Columbia and five countries.

More than 60 national and state education leaders will share their reform experiences and best practices at the event including:

Jeb Bush, Foundation Chairman and former Governor of Florida
Mitch Daniels, Indiana Governor
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Joel Klein, former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Steve Bowen, Maine Commissioner of Education
David Coleman, President and CEO of the College Board
John Podesta, Chair and Counselor of the Center for American Progress
Kevin Huffman, Tennessee Commissioner of Education
Tim Daly, President of TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project)
Dr. Joe Willhoft, Executive Director of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium; and
Christopher Cerf, New Jersey Commissioner of Education; and many others.

Event information and a complete agenda are available atwww.ExcelinEd.org/Everywhere.

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From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
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