Education Week Forum

March 21, 2006


On March 21, in partnership with Education Week, Carnegie Corporation convened a conference on reforming high schools that drew more than one hundred participants, including educators, policymakers, nonprofit leaders, and education researchers. Three panels were held, on “Beyond One-Size-Fits-All High Schools,” “Teaching and Learning in Redesigned High Schools” and “Lessons from Research and Experience.” Panelists included Thomas W. Payzant, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools; Jesse Register, Superintendent of the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Schools, Michele Cahill, former Corporation Program Officer and currently Education Policy Advisor for the New York City Public Schools, Warren Simmons, Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, and Constancia Warren. The event, which was organized by the Corporation’s Public Affairs Department, also launched a special series of reports on high school reform that will be published by Education Week over the next two years and stimulated a front-page article in the newspaper about proposals to make high schools more rigorous.