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#EIE21 Strategy Session Preview

The 2021 National Summit on Education provides an unparalleled forum for exchanging results-based solutions and forward-looking strategies that can shape public policy critical to transforming education. Check out these strategy session previews supporting ExcelinEd’s goal to Strengthen Pathways to College and Career in our can’t-miss National Summit agenda.

Pathways Matter:

High-Quality Ed-to-Workforce Pathways for All Students

States have the power to transform fragmented education-to-workforce policies into a comprehensive and cohesive continuum focused on student success. ExcelinEd’s Pathways Matter provides the strategic research, data and recommendations to achieve this. This session explores essential policies and showcases work by several states making real progress in building quality career pathways, beginning in K-12 and extending to postsecondary and beyond. Join a panel of experts on November 19 at 11:00 a.m. for this critical discussion.

Panelists:

  • Commissioner Shannon Gilkey, Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
  • Jade Grieve, Advisor, Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Secretary Katie Jenner, Indiana Department of Education
  • Quentin Suffren, Senior Advisor, ExcelinEd
  • Rep. Clay Yarborough, Florida House of Representatives

Skills for Success in Learning, Work and Life:

How Durable Skills Transform a Student’s Experience

In a student-centered education system that provides a personalized, engaging framework, students have the opportunity to develop their cognitive as well as their academic skills to achieve their full potential. Combined, these skills put every student on a successful path of lifelong learning and fulfillment. This session explores how states can design systems to support the whole child and engage adolescents in their own development—and how durable skills provide students with the tools to be successful on their personal pathways throughout life. Join us on November 18 at 10:15 a.m.

Panelists

  • Cherisse Campbell, Zone Superintendent, Fulton County Schools
  • Jake Hirsch-Allen, Workforce Development and Skills Lead, Linkedin
  • Adam Peshek, Senior Fellow, Stand Together
  • Tim Taylor, President, America Succeeds

#EIE21 is the only conference of its kind to feature a broad range of student-centered education policies that are closing learning gaps, strengthening pathways, reimagining learning and empowering families with opportunity.  

Visit the National Summit website for details on this year’s event and to register. Follow @ExcelinEd on Twitter for the latest news and updates, and use #EIE21 to join the National Summit conversation.  

Keynote addresses and strategy sessions will be open to the media. Media registration open October 21.

Solution Areas:

College & Career Pathways

Topics:

National Summit on Education, Pathways Matter