NBC is launching a discussion, starting Monday, September 27th, on the topic of education in the United States. The mission statement for the week long segment is:
“Education Nation seeks to engage the public, through thoughtful dialogue, in pursuit of the shared goal of providing every American with an opportunity to pursue the best education in the world.”
Key political figures, decision makers, educators, parents, students, and the general public will come together to discuss all aspects of education (positive and negative), and determine why, in a nation that is founded on democracy, our students continue to fall behind.
Special events include a television interview with President Obama, a special appearance by Collin Powell and his wife Alma Powell, and an education summit with attendees such as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Multi-media coverage of the event will occur on the Nightly News, the Today Show, Meet the Press, MSNBC, ivillage.com, EducationNation.com, and several other news outlets.
For more information please go to http://www.educationnation.com/.
Am watching my Tivo’ed version of Oprah’s Monday and Friday shows. The Monday show includes Bill Gates, and talk about the documentary titled, “Waiting for Superman”. Looks like a must see to me, and by having Oprah shine the light on this issue, followed by the activities mentioned in today’s blog post, I am hopeful that people will wake up, and realize the time is now! We must change the way we are providing education….the time is now….