2011 Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform: October 13-14, 2011 - San Francisco, CA
A view of the 2011 Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform
Governor Jeb Bush, chair of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, opened the 2011 Summit with an exhilarating and inspiring speech on the mission of the conference: to turn reform into reality and bring excellence in educati…
Moderator: Kate Walsh, President, National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)
Panelists: Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and chair, Chiefs for Change; Erik Fresen, Florida House of Representatives; Bryan…
Moderator: James Guthrie, Senior Fellow and Director of Education Policy Studies, George W. Bush Institute
Panelists: Don Gaetz, Florida Senate; Hanna Skandera, New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary-Designate
Moderator: F. Philip Handy, CEO, Strategic Industries and Board Member, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Panelists: Matthew Ladner, Senior Advisor of Policy and Research, Foundation for Excellence in Education; Patricia Leve…
Moderator: Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Panelists: Anne L. Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association; Joel Klein, Executive Vice President and CEO, Education Division of News Co…
Moderator: Pam Stewart, Chancellor of Public Schools, Florida Department of Education
Panelists: Jon Gubera, Indiana Department of Education; Gayle Manchin, West Virginia Board of Education and former First-Lady of West Virginia; …
Moderator: Lindsey Burke, Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Panelists: Ben Austin, Executive Director, Parent Revolution; Paul Pastorek, former Louisiana State Superintendent of Education and Chiefs for Change member …
Sal Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Khan Academy, delivers the luncheon keynote address at the 2011 National Summit.
The unveiling of the Nation's Digital Learning Report Card
Moderator: Deirdre Finn, Deputy Director, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Panelists: John Danner, Co-Founder and CEO, Rocketship Education; Rick Ogston, Founder and Executive Director, Carpe Diem Collegiate High School; Dar…
Moderator: Reba Dominski, Director of Education, Target Foundation
Panelists: Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and Chair, Chiefs for Change; Jay Greene, Department Head and 21st Century Chair in Education…
Summit attendees convene for cocktails and mingling after an empowering, knowledge-filled day.
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, closes out the first day of the Summit with her dinner-keynote address.
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation, opens day two of the Summit with his breakfast-keynote address on the importance of education from the perspective of the business world.
Moderator: Patricia Levesque, Executive Director, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Panelists: Janet Barresi, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and…
Moderator: Todd Ziebarth, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Panelists: Rich Crandall, Arizona Senate; Jed Wallace, President and CEO, California Charter Schools Association; Fernando Zulueta, President, Academica Corpor…
Moderator: William Oberndorf, Managing Director, SPO Partners
Panelists: Robert Behning, Indiana House of Representatives; Rick Murphy, Arizona Senate; Joe Negron, Florida Senate; Gary Simrill, South Carolina House of Representati…
Moderator: Michelle Bernard, President and CEO of Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy and Political Analyst, MSNBC
Panelists: Adrian M. Fenty, fifth Mayor of the District of Columbia; Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor …
A view of the 2011 National Summit Expo, where education-focused organizations and businesses gathered to share their innovative ideas and products with education-reform leaders and enthusiasts.