Ideas from Emerging Issues Forum

Earlier this month, a few of us attended a forum in Raleigh, NC hosted by the Emerging Issues Institute, "a public policy, think-and-do tank." The forum brings together an impressive array of speakers. This year between Dan Pink, Bill Strickland and Tom Kelley, we heard US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan speak. Some sticking points he discussed:

• No Child Left Behind had loose goals and tight prescriptive tactics; Duncan says we need tight goals and freedom on how to get there
• “we need to educate our way out of this recession”
• Department of Education is consolidating from 38 programs to 11

More from the conference to come soon, so check back later.