Innovations in Education: Retooling Schooling: A Project of the Commonwealth Club of California
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Media Resources for Journalists

This archive provides journalists and other interested stakeholders with easy, free access to the audio, video, transcripts, graphic notes, and an array of other valuable information sources related to the Retooling Schooling programs, education reform, and the future of public education in the United States. Each of the five Retooling Schooling programs has its own media resources page. The following is a quick reference summary of the content of those pages. For more detail, go to one of the five individual pages.

All the programs were moderated by David Sibbet, President and Founder, The Grove Consultants.

The First Program: "Retooling Schooling" – October 16th, 2007

How to radically reshape learning for the 21st century.
Milton Goldberg, Ph.D., Distinguished Senior Fellow, Education Commission of the States; Monica Martinez, Ph.D., Vice President for Education Strategy, KnowledgeWorks Foundation; Randy Nelson, Dean, Pixar University; and a select group of journalists.

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The Second Program: "What is a 21st Century Teacher?" – December 4, 2007

What we need and expect from the teachers responsible for preparing our children for the rigors of 21st century life.
Barnett Berry, Ph.D., President and CEO, Center for Teaching Quality; Anthony Cody, National Board Certified Teacher and Peer Coach, Oakland Unified School District; Jennifer Husbands, Ph.D., Director, High Tech High Graduate School of Education; Michael Pritchard, Youth Activist, Educator, Humorist; and a select group of journalists.

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The Third Program: "Who Gets to Graduate?" – February 14, 2008

How communities can end the drop-out crisis, and how best to reshape high school education to prepare students for the challenges of life and work in the 21st century.
Nidya Baez, Co-founder, the Youth Empowerment School, English language coach, and teacher candidate; Laurene Powell Jobs, Co-founder and President of the Board, College Track; Russell Rumberger, Ph.D., Director, California Dropout Research Project and Director, U.C. Linguistic Minority Research Institute; Professor of Education, U.C. Santa Barbara; and a select group of journalists.

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The Fourth Program: "Not your Grandpa's Career Path" – April 3, 2008

How we should prepare students for the economy of the future, how we can ensure equal career opportunities for all, and how to develop multiple pathways to success.
Ruben Diaz, Senior Information Specialist, Genentech; Timothy C. Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper, Fisher Jurvetson; Gary Hoachlander, Ph.D., President, The California Center for College and Career and MPR Associates; and a select group of journalists.

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The Fifth Program: "Five Big Ideas for the Future of Education" – May 13, 2008

The future of education in the next decade: Key concepts and emerging trends that are challenging our assumptions about public education and reshaping our vision of learning in the 21st century.
Andrea Saveri, Research Director, Institute for the Future; Tony Smith, Ph.D., Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Innovation and Social Justice, San Francisco Unified School District; Alan Briskin, Ph.D., Researcher and Consultant; and a select group of journalists.

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Information on California’s efforts to reform its K-12 public education system may be found at: