#  Askwith Forum: Educational Challenges of the 21st Century 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 24, 2014** 

 All day 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Askwith Hall, Longfellow Building, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

You can see the video of the event [here](http://new.livestream.com/hgselive/events/2940108/archives).**Moderator**: [Fernando Reimers](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/faculty-detail/?fc=252&flt=r&sub=all), Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education, and Director, International Education Policy Program, HGSE**Panelists:**

- [Amar Bhid](http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CEME/about/People/bios/bhide)[é](http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CEME/about/People/bios/bhide), Thomas Schmidheiny Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- [Michael Casserly](http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/members/48815.htm), Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools
- [Mitchell Chester](http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/edboard.html), Ed.M.’88, Ed.D.’91, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- [Deb Delisle](http://www2.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/delisle.html), Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
- [Nancy Hoffman](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/faculty-detail/?fc=89330&flt=h&sub=all), Vice President and Senior Advisor, Jobs for the Future; Adjunct Lecturer on Education, HGSE

This panel will examine the role K-12 schools can play in supporting economic and civic renewal. Participants will discuss the key gaps in preparing students to be contributors to a knowledge-based economy and to democratic participation. Panelists will also examine the options to support reform efforts.

*Askwith Forum in conjunction with the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative*



 

 



 

 

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