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Fri, Dec 21, 2007 -- 10:00 AM

McKinsey Report on Education
A recent report on education by consulting firm McKinsey finds that the quality of teachers affects student performance more than any other factors. What are we doing in the U.S. to attract and train the best teachers?

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Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

  • Alan Miller, English teacher at Berkeley High School and former vice president of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers
  • Carlos Garcia, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District
  • Catherine Lewis, distinguished research fellow in education at Mills College and author of "Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education"
  • Tim Daly, president of the New Teacher Project

 

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