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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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| Peter Smith |
On February 19, 2010, CED hosted a luncheon forum featuring former U.S. Congressman, Vermont Lieutenant Governor, and CED Trustee Dr. Peter Smith. Smith discussed his latest book, Harnessing America's Wasted Talent: A New Ecology of Learning. The event featured a presentation by Dr. Smith, followed by a panel discussion on his book with:
- George Boggs, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Community Colleges
- Kevin Carey, Research and Policy Manager, Education Sector
- Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- Doug Lederman, Editor and Co-Founder, Inside Higher Ed
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 |
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l-r: Rep. Scott Hochberg (D-Houston), Larry Shaw, Tammy Kreuz,
Cindy Clegg and Dr. Melody Johnson |
On December 9th, 2009 CED partnered with the Texas Education and Business Coalition (TBEC) and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce to host a luncheon discussion on CED's human resources in education report Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality in Fort Worth, Texas.
Vice President and Director of Business and Government Relations, CED and Cynthia Fisher Miller, Senior Director, Workforce Development and Education, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. They were followed by CED's HR in Education Subcommittee Co-chair Steve Palko, President and Vice Chairman (retired), XTO Energy, Inc who provided keynote remarks, discussing the finding and recommendations of CED's report. Stating that we need incentives for teachers to fill specialized positions and that pension policies need more portability to reflect a mobile U.S. labor market, Palko's remarks were centered on the idea that the U.S.'s most valuable resources are our people and that our desire to enhance U.S education through teacher quality should be reflected in how we compensate classroom teachers.
As members of the panel that followed Palko's remarks, Representative Scott Hochberg (D-Houston), Vice Chair, House Public Education Committee, Dr. Melody Johnson, Superintendent, Fort Worth Independent School District, Cindy Clegg, Director, Human Resources, Texas Association of School Boards, Tammy K. Kreuz, Director for Educator Quality Initiatives, Institute for Public School Initiatives, the University of Texas System, and Larry Shaw, Executive Director, United Educators Association were tasked by panel moderator Bob Pence, President and CEO, Freese and Nichols, Inc. to discuss their perspectives on CED's report. Johnson discussed the challenges she faced as a superintendent of a Texas district on the cutting edge of teacher compensation reform and stressed the importance of having teachers involved with the process from the beginning so that they become stakeholders in any new compensation system. Panelists Clegg and Kreuz agreed with CED that the base-salary system is flawed, with Kreuz noting that the problem is not just about distributing money effectively, but is about a smarter systemic approach to recruiting, paying, and promoting effective teachers. Shaw, as a representative of teachers' interests agreed with Johnson that gaining teachers trust and interest in changing compensation systems is a major part of reforming any districts pay plans, while Representative Hochberg issued a challenge to CED to write what he termed the "next chapter" of the study, specifically, how we rationally build incentives for teaching positions that help the lowest income students.
Approximately 110 of Texan business leaders, policy makers and educators attended the lunch and received copies of CED's report. The luncheon was hosted at the Fort Worth City Club and was part of an ongoing two-year effort funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to engage the business community and other stakeholders on teacher compensation systems in Texas and across the country.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 |
New CED Report Focuses on Teacher Pay, Pensions, and Reform Proposals
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| Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools |
Reforms are needed in the way American public school teachers are paid to ensure that schools are able to meet the demands for raising student achievement. That is a core conclusion of Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality, a new report from CED. Schools must attract and retain high-quality teachers, the report states, but "traditional compensation policies for teachers are out of sync with the objective of expanding the pool of talented individuals who are willing to teach."
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009 |
America's elementary and secondary schools must attract and retain a large number of high-quality teachers if the nation is to reach its goals of raising the academic achievement of all students. CED has a long history of studying and offering recommendations on how to improve our public school. The new CED report, Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality, examines teacher pay and other compensation issues. Schools must be able to compete effectively for college-educated workers who have more career choices and see themselves as more mobile professionally than did earlier generations. Traditional compensation policies for teachers (salary schedules that reward only longevity and academic credentials, and pension policies that penalize mobile teachers and those who do not spend a lifetime career in teaching) are out of sync with the objective of expanding the pool of talented individuals who are willing to teach.
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Thursday, 10 November 2005 |
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| Dr. Carl A. Cohn |
CED co-hosted a breakfast forum with the San Diego Business Roundtable for Education at High Tech High in San Diego, California. The forum, which attracted over 130 business, policy, and education leaders included keynote remarks from Dr. Carl A. Cohn, Superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). Dr. Cohn discussed his new role in San Diego and highlighted the importance of teacher involvement in the reform process and securing adequate funding for local schools.
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Tuesday, 04 October 2005 |
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| Fresno Mayor Alan Autry |
CED was pleased to co-sponsor a public school finance forum in Fresno, CA with the Fresno Business Council and the Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute (CVELI).
Fresno Mayor Alan Autry delivered keynote remarks. Mayor Autry stressed the need for partnership and community dedication to the city's public school system.
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Thursday, 29 September 2005 |
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| Dr. Arlene Ackerman |
Working with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, CED hosted a series of three forums in California to discuss ways to address California's broken school funding system, and to highlight recommendations made in Investing in Learning.
On September 29, 2005, CED co-hosted a forum with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to discuss a number of public
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Wednesday, 20 April 2005 |
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| Charlie Kolb (left) moderated the April 20th school finance reform luncheon. |
CED, along with the Alliance for a Better Community (ABC), the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a school finance reform luncheon at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. The event included a keynote presentation from CED Trustee Roy Romer, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District.
Additional remarks were heard from María A. Casillas, President of Families in Schools; CED Trustee Harold M.
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Monday, 07 February 2005 |
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| Commissioner Shirley Neeley |
CED, along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Way of Texas, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Texas High School Project joined to host local policy makers, business leaders, and educators for a February 7, 2005 Austin luncheon discussion on the importance of incentive pay in improving the performance of Texas schools.
The panel included remarks from
- Dr. Shirley J. Neeley, Texas Commissioner of Education
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Wednesday, 20 October 2004 |
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| New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein |
With generous support from the Gates Foundation, CED has hosted four forums across the country to discuss issues related to public school funding. CED hosted the first in this series of events in New York City. The event featured keynote remarks from Joel I. Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools.
The panel discussion featured remarks from
- Michael Rebell, Esq., Executive Director, Campaign for Fiscal Equity
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