Education in a Flatter World
February 1, 2006
Susan Traiman director, education, innovation, and the workforce, Business Roundtable
Eloise Barron director, Georgia Department of Education
Jan Kettlewell associate vice chancellor, university system, GA
Deirdre Johnson policy director, Partnership for Excellence in Education

A panel discusses the implications of the report released in July 2005 entitled "Tapping America's Potential; The Education for Innovation Initiative", which outlined an aggressive blueprint for federal, state, and business engagement to double the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates with bachelor's degrees by 2015.

This forum is held in conjunction with the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education quarterly board meeting.

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Susan C. Athey
00:23:54
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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.
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges Facing the Nation: 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.
Media’s Mixed Messages to Women
Caryl Rivers
01:21:05
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett discuss current research on women and work, which finds that the mass media proliferates messaging that is in extreme conflict with the reality of women's lives.
Hollowing Out the Middle: The 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.
Media and Movements
Alice Kim
01:19:53
Alice Kim, Barbara Becnel, Liliana Segura, and Cassandra West describe how media tools and technologies can be harnessed for social change. They also look at what can be learned from the recent US presidential campaign to reshape grassroots organizing.
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