'Our Great Education Challenge' at the CT Forum
Friday, November 12, 2010
I attend each Connecticut Forum event hoping to leave smarter than when I arrive. This is usually a slam dunk, no doubt it’ll happen thing for any given Forum event. Except, that is, for last night. The topic was Our Great Education Challenge. The panel consisted of: Davis Guggenheim, the filmmaker behind Waiting for Superman & An Inconvenient Truth Lily Eskelsen, VP of the National Educators Association (NEA), the largest teachers' union Joel Klein, the current and outgoing chancellor of the New York City public schools Deborah Gist, Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Jon Schnur, CEO of New Leaders for New Schools The panel was moderated by MSNBC correspondent Norah O'Donnell.