8:00 AM -- 3:30 PM
National Center for Learning & Citizenship Board Meeting (Invitation Only)

12:30 PM -- 7:00 PM
Registration Desk

12:30 PM -- 7:00 PM
Cyber Cafe

12:30 PM -- 5:00 PM
Answering Critical Policy Questions: Leveraging Longitudinal P-20/Workforce Data Systems

1:00 PM -- 3:00 PM
State Teacher of the Year Special Session (Invitation Only)

4:00 PM -- 4:45 PM
Commissioners' Business Meeting

6:00 PM -- 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception at Hotel

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

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

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

8:30 AM -- 9:15 AM
What We Can Learn From How the Brain Works

9:15 AM -- 10:00 AM
How Future Assessments Can Hit the Real Targets

10:00 AM -- 10:15 AM
Break

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
More with John Medina

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
What State Leaders Can Learn from Higher Education Reforms in Other Countries

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
Does Race to the Top Provide a Template for the ESEA of the Future?

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
Readiness For All, College and Career Bound–An Arkansas Partnership

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
Climate Change Everyone Can Support

11:15 AM -- 11:30 AM
Break

11:30 AM -- 12:15 PM
Getting Results Together: Maximizing the Roles of Governors and Legislators

12:15 PM -- 1:00 PM
Increasing the College Completion Rate to 60% by 2025 - Lessons Learned Thus Far

1:15 PM -- 2:00 PM
Bounce Your Boldest Ideas Off the Best and the Brightest (Interactive Open-Mic)

2:00 PM -- 2:45 PM
Put Critical Thinking On the Map:Learning, Teaching, Decision-making through GIS

2:45 PM -- 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM -- 3:40 PM
What Does Being Work-Ready Look Like?

3:45 PM -- 4:45 PM
More with Governor Jim Geringer

3:45 PM -- 4:45 PM
Effective Transfer and Articulation Agreements to Increase College Success

3:45 PM -- 4:45 PM
More with Clifford Adelman and Michael Kirst

3:45 PM -- 4:45 PM
Building Strong Learning Communities through 21st Century Skills

4:45 PM -- 5:00 PM
Break

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #1: The Economic Impact of High School Graduation

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #2: Moving Research to Action for Early Education in Oregon

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #3: Community Education and the Future of Learning

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #4: Expanded-Time Schools

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Strengthening Educator Quality in Arkansas through Transparency and Partnership

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #6: The RTTT Consortium Assessments: New Advances and New Challenges

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #7: Business Credible, High School Feasible

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Partnerships between Private Sector Career Colleges and Community Colleges to Advance Workforce & Career

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #9: Reaching Rural Schools

5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM
Roundtable #10: Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better

6:00 PM -- 7:00 PM
State Team Reception (Invitation Only)

7:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
Registration Desk

7:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
Cyber Cafe

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

8:15 AM -- 8:30 AM
Read for the Record

8:30 AM -- 9:15 AM
Beyond Business as Usual–Key State Actions to Boost College and Career Readiness

9:15 AM -- 10:00 AM
Can the Right Measures Increase Innovation and Success?

10:00 AM -- 10:15 AM
Break

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
More with David Conley

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
Common Core Standards: What Role Will You Play?

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
School Finance 101

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
The Role of Community and For-Profit Colleges in Increasing College Attainment

10:15 AM -- 11:15 AM
A State-District Partnership Approach for School Improvement: The Kansas Learning Network

11:20 AM -- 12:20 PM
Improving Teacher Preparation and Teacher Effectiveness

12:20 PM -- 12:30 PM
Break

12:30 PM -- 1:45 PM
Preparing Teachers & School Leaders: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

1:45 PM -- 3:15 PM
Getting to Yes: A Discussion Between Congressional Leaders and State Governors

3:15 PM
ECS National Forum Adjourns

3:15 PM -- 5:00 PM
Starting Strong by Building Effective PreK to Grade 3 Systems