ADVISORY/Koret Task Force on K-12 Education Tackles Education Reform With New Education Primer.News Editors/Education Writers ADVISORY... for Thursday (Sept. 20) STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2001 The Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President invites working press to an open discussion about new directions in education reform with members of the Koret Task Force The Koret Task Force on K–12 Education The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education is a group of senior education scholars brought together by the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, who work collectively as well as individually on on K-12 Education.
WHO: The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education and the
Hoover Institution.
WHAT: A brief overview of the Koret Task Force's first joint
publication, A Primer on America's Schools
(Hoover Press, 2001), followed by a Q & A session with all
members of the Task Force.
WHEN: 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 20, 2001.
WHERE: Stauffer Auditorium at the Hoover Institution on Stanford
University.
WHY: To mark the publication of the Task Force's A Primer on
America's Schools, edited by Hoover fellow Terry M. Moe, which
provides a broad overview of the American education system,
identifies key problems, and offers perspective on the
requirements for genuine reform.
Media already confirmed to attend include the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , the Washington Post, USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and NBC News. The Koret Task Force is a joint endeavor of the Hoover Institution and the Koret Foundation of San Francisco, its primary sponsor. Task Force members include Hoover fellows Williamson M. Evers, Eric Hanushek, Terry Moe, and Paul E. Peterson Paul E. Peterson is a leading scholar on education reform.[1] His work has largely focused on the importance of parental choice for improving school outcomes. He is Editor-In-Chief of Education Next and Hoover distinguished visiting fellows John E. Chubb, Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul Hill, E. D. Hirsch Jr., Caroline Hoxby, Diane Ravitch, and Herbert J. Walberg. The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education forms the centerpiece of the Hoover Institution's Initiative on American Public Education, a five-year commitment to the production of research and writing on education reform that citizens of the United States should consider as a matter of public policy. The Hoover Institution, founded at Stanford University in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, who went on to become the 31st president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. , is an interdisciplinary research center for advanced study on domestic and international affairs. RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. BY SEPTEMBER 14 TO: Hoover Institution Office of Public Affairs 650/723-0603 |
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