Improving Teaching and Learning Outcomes for America’s Schools
Marc Tucker, CEO of the National Center on Education and Economy, reveals how the United States is losing the education race to other nations in today's global economy. He then outlines recommendations from The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce report, Tough Choices or Tough Times, a plan for the total overhaul of U.S. education by 2021.
The report lays out a series of steps that are designed as an integrated approach to changing the entire system. The proposed new system would support students beginning at age three and create an infrastructure to stimulate learning, dramatically increase the number of students headed to college, and allow everyone in the workforce the chance to strengthen and improve their skills.
Tucker was the keynote speaker at The 2009 Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Creating Prepared Learners. The conference offered college faculty and administrators a forum to explore the interconnectedness of K-12 and higher education.
In this video, Tucker is introduced by Robert L. King, President of Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education.
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