The following white papers on school reform from the National Center on Education and the Economy are available as PDF files: High School and Beyond: The System is the Problem--And the Solution A proposal for a new American secondary education system Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act... A progress report on the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Building the Capacity... On building the education system's capacity to educate all students to high standards		The American High School Crisis and State Policy Solutions 29 September 2003 8:30 am to 2:45 pm The George Washington University Cafritz Conference Center 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC Agenda 8:30 A.M. to 8:35 A.M. Welcome Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices 8:35 A.M. to 9:05 A.M. Session One: Why We Need a New Secondary School System Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Hilary Pennington, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, Jobs for the Future 9:05 A.M. to 10:25 A.M. Session Two: Big Lessons from a Small Country: State Policies for Secondary Education Roland Svarrer Øesterlund, Uddannelsesdirektor, Danish Ministry of Education Judy Codding, Vice President, National Center on Education and the Economy Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy 10:25 A.M. to 10:35 A.M. Break 10:35 A.M. to 11:50 A.M. Session Three: Reflections on the Danish System: Implications for State Policy Moderator: Barbara Kantrowitz, Senior Editor, Newsweek J. Duke Albanese, Policy Advisor, Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute Kristin Conklin, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Jim Horne, Commissioner, Florida Board of Education Sylvia Robinson, Education Advisor to Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas 12:05 A.M. to 1:05 P.M. Lunch Discussion Introduction: Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Moderator: Paul Glastris, Editor, The Washington Monthly A. William Wiggenhorn, Chief Learning Officer, CIGNA Corporation John Stevens, Executive Director, Texas Business and Education Coalition 1:15 P.M. to 2:40 P.M. Session Four: The New York City Story: Policy Lessons from the Front Lines of Reform Opening Presentation: Michelle Cahill, Senior Counselor for Educational Policy, New York City Department of Education Moderator: John Merrow, Executive Producer/Host and President of Learning Matters, Inc. Karen Daniels, Headmaster, Excel High School, South Boston, Massachusetts Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Stanley Jones, Commissioner for Higher Education, Indiana 2:40 P.M. to 2:45 P.M. Closing Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices