The National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) hosted an event with Thomas Friedman (New York Times columnist and co-author of the new book, That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind In the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back) and Marc Tucker (President and CEO of NCEE and author of Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education Built on the World’s Leading Systems) on the need to redesign the U.S. education system to meet the demands of today’s workforce and global economy. The conversation was moderated by NBC Correspondent Luke Russert.
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LA Times Ed Feeds- L.A. Unified to report all teacher misconduct cases to state February 23, 2012
- UC Davis officials sued over pepper spraying February 23, 2012
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Washington Post- Community organizer Tina Hone aims to amplify the voices of underserved kids in Fairfax County February 19, 2012
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