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Atlanta's Workforce: Competing in a Global Economy
May 31, 2007
Russ Moore founder, Seamless Education Consultants
Tad Hutchinson vp, sales & marketing, Airtran Airways
Beverly L. Hall superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta community stakeholders discuss the opportunities associated with high school reform. Atlanta Public Schools is embarking on one of the most comprehensive and innovative approaches to high school reform in the nation. It designs its new small schools of learning under the rubric of "High School Transformation," which plays a major role in ensuring that students are learning the skills they need to get good jobs in industry. The opportunity is real, and this transformation will be carried out in three waves during the next five years. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce helps discover how to bridge the gap.

Business & Economics | Education
Achievement Gap | Atlanta Public Schools | Educational Reform | employment | innovation | Job opportunities | job training | Career | Education Reform | Professional Development | Education
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Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part II
Marian Wright Edelman
00:45:07
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part I
Marian Wright Edelman
00:44:48
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action"
Atlanta Neighborhood Summit
Angela Glover Blackwell
00:43:21
Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest.
Hollowing Out the Middle: Rural Brain Drain
Patrick J. Carr
01:22:13
Sociology professor Patrick J. Carr discusses Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means For America.
Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote
Cynthia Lopez
01:00:49
Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference.

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