Join U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as he addresses how America must mobilize to transform math and science education at the launch of the Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and Science Education report, The Opportunity Equation.
Hear from leaders who will help realize these dramatic and much-needed changes including Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri; President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Randi Weingarten; Executive Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Institute for a Competitive Workforce Lydia Logan; President, Xavier University of Louisiana Dr. Norman Francis; Deputy Director, Education, U.S. Programs, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carina Wong; Director, Charles A. Dana Center, Uri Treisman; and President, American Museum of Natural History Ellen Futter (moderator). Learn more about the Commission’s recommendations to establish new common standards and assessments in math and science that are fewer, clearer and higher; improve math and science teaching and how our nation’s schools and school systems manage teaching talent; and redesign schools and systems to deliver excellent, equitable math and science learning more effectively.