10:00 AM -- 2:00 PM
Media/Press Office

6:00 PM -- 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception & Awards Ceremony at the Hotel

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Media/Press Office

7:00 AM -- 5:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

7:30 AM -- 8:15 AM
Networking Breakfast Buffet

8:15 AM -- 9:15 AM
From Policy to Reality - What Will Prepare our Students for Success?

9:15 AM -- 9:30 AM
Break

9:30 AM -- 10:15 AM
Innovation and Technology to Connect Education and Workforce

10:15 AM -- 10:45 AM
Governors Panel

10:45 AM -- 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
More with Dr. Richard Elmore

11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Multi-State Collaborations: Lessons Learned from Two New England Efforts

11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
Building Stepping Stones into the Workforce

11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
P-20 with No Money: Potential for System Alignment in Difficult Economic Times

11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM
How State Universities Can Take the Teacher Preparation Bull By the Horns

12:00 PM -- 12:15 PM
Break

12:15 PM -- 1:30 PM
How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

1:30 PM -- 1:45 PM
Break

1:45 PM -- 2:45 PM
State Strategies for Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness

2:45 PM -- 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
What Does it Take for State Policy to Enable Disruptive Innovation?

3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
21st Century Skills: Flavor of the Month or Here to Stay?

3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
Tapping Technology to Maximize Student Achievement

3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM
A New Model to Improve Math Instruction & Student Learning in the Early Years

3:00 PM -- 5:00 PM
Making Opportunities Affordable in an Era of Constrained Resources

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #1:Funding Schools in Hard Times

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #2: Extending Time & Learning

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
New England Secondary School Consortium: Collaboration for College Readiness

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #4: Insights on Academic Rigor

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #5:International Benchmarking

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #6:Critical Policy Levers for Community Colleges

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #7:Workforce Development & WorkKeys

4:15 PM -- 5:15 PM
Roundtable #8:21st Century Skills, 21st Century Content

6:00 PM
Attendees to walk over to Off-Site Reception

6:30 PM -- 8:00 PM
Off-Site Reception

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
Media/Press Office

7:00 AM -- 2:30 PM
Cyber Cafe

7:30 AM -- 8:30 AM
Networking Breakfast Buffet

8:30 AM -- 9:15 AM
On-Ramps to College: Building Paths to Success for All Students

9:15 AM -- 10:00 AM
Coming to Our Senses: Education and the American Future

10:00 AM -- 10:15 AM
Break

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
What's Around the Bend for High School Reform

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Education, the Economy and Workforce Development

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Developmental Education as a Critical State Strategy to Increase College Success

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Assessing 21st Century Skills

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Teaching Quality and Leadership

10:15 AM -- 12:15 PM
Creating a Policy Agenda for Linking Early Learning and the Early Grades

12:15 PM -- 12:30 PM
Break

12:30 PM -- 2:00 PM
Conant Award Luncheon-College Access and Success: Can We Do More?

2:15 PM -- 3:00 PM
National Forum Planning Committee Meeting Debrief

2:15 PM -- 4:30 PM
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act's Impact on States