Event

On Capitol Hill - Building a Competitive America: The Potential for Partnerships in Education

Among the speakers are: Gerald McElvy, President, ExxonMobil Foundation; Patrick Callahan, Executive Director, Science and Mathematics Initiative, Office of the President, University of California; Robert Floden, Co-Director, Teachers for a New Era, and Professor, College of Education, Michigan State University; R. David Bynum, Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education, and Professor, Stony Brook University; Chaired and moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center

Date & Time

Wednesday

May. 7, 2008

7:30am – 10:00am ET

Overview

For more information on this event and a summary of the presentations, please see the webpage of the corresponding May 6, 2008 event.

Speakers:

Chairman Brian Baird, Research and Science Education Subcommittee, House Committee on Science and Technology

National Math and Science Initiative
Gerald McElvy, President, ExxonMobil Foundation

California Science and Mathematics Initiative/ California Teach
Patrick Callahan, Executive Director, Science and Mathematics Initiative, Office of the President, University of California

Teachers for a New Era
Robert Floden, Co-Director, Teachers for a New Era, and Professor, College of Education, Michigan State University

Entrepreneurship and Science Education
R. David Bynum, Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education, and Professor, Stony Brook University

Department of Energy Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
Karen Stiner, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy

Chaired and moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center