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Milken Institute Global Conference

An announcement for the Milken Institute Global Conference invites you to be a part of a historic gathering of the world's capital markets, and be prepared to join the discussion with almost 3,000 attendees as we use our collective experience and innovation to create the solutions that will drive recovery around the world.Robert Murdock is a listed as a featured speaker; so is Sam Zell, real estate entrepreneur who has done irreparable damage as a newspaper owner. His papers include the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Of the subprime debacle, he said, "This country needs a cleansing. We need to clean out all those people who never should have bought in the first place, and not give them sympathy."

As can be expected, the managing director from the Carlyle Group is on the program as well as senior vice-president at Wal-Mart, representatives from the Gates and MacArthur Foundations, Karl Rove, now a correspondent for Fox News, and Harold Ford, now of the Democratic Leadership Council.

The meeting doesn't ignore education, inviting speakers who are deeply involved in charter schools. Bill Bennett's bio on Wikipedia lists that he was U. S. Secretary of Education but fails to mention his ties to the Milken Foundation. After junk bond king Michael Milken served time as a convicted felon, he became the nation's largest investor in for-profit education companies, one being K12, an Internet-based elementary and secondary school he hired Bill Bennett to chair. Take a look at >a href="http://www.knowledgeu.com"> Knowledge Universe owns. Then, see who runs it.

Among other enterprises, Lowell Milken founded Teacher Advancement Program, which talks about "human capital in our schools" and advocates "performance-based compensation." Their website trumpets the fact that "Obama Highlights TAP in Major Education Address."

NOTE:
Regular Registration for this conference is $3,995.00 but Milken makes a special offer for those currently unemployed: "We understand these are difficult times, especially for those who have been laid off. To help, we are offering 15 complimentary registrations to recently unemployed individuals."

Conference rate hotel accommodations can be made at the Beverly Hills Wilshire with prices ranging from $425 to $850 per night.

Bennett, Sacramento Mayor Johnson, Milkenand others discuss the best strategies to invest and reap real returns from federal stimulus money in our education system.

from Sacramento Business Journal April 2, 2009
St. HOPE Public Schools has hired a Fresno law firm to determine whether Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnsonā??s involvement in the pre-K-12 independent charter school system puts St. Hope at risk for losing federal funds.

St. Hope Public Schools announced Thursday that it hired de Goede, Dunne & Martin, which primarily represents public education agencies and other public entities.

"I need to make sure I'm doing my due diligence to ensure that funding continues so that we can provide for our students' education," said Rick Maya, executive director of St. Hope Public Schools. "Due to the city of Sacramento's recent inquiries into their potential risk of losing federal funds, I want clarity on whether our funding could be at jeopardy."

The charter school system relies on federal and state money to run programs at Sacramento Charter High School, PS7 Elementary School and the Triumph Early Childhood Education Center.

Laureate Education

Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools

Carlos Garcia

International Society for Technology in Education

K12

GlobalScholar

Transformative Technologies in K-12 Education

States and school districts are beginning to embrace a wide range of new technologies that enhance learning: online writing and math tools, virtual communities that allow teachers to collaborate, reading intervention programs for struggling students and digital media that revolutionize the school library. Even traditional textbook models are being reconsidered to allow educators to mine a richer trove of content that can be delivered in new ways. To what extent has 21st-century technology penetrated into K-12 classrooms? How are teachers integrating new tools and software into their lessons? What innovative new ideas are in the pipeline? Is there any hard data to show if new technology is actually improving student outcomes? What can K-12 educators learn from the success of online education at the post-secondary level?

Infusing Technology into Education for Economic Competitiveness

American business leaders for years have warned of dire consequences of high dropout rates and lack of native science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. Repeated attempts at reform have fallen short. As the world economy sputters, innovation is at a premium just as the American business community's concerns deepen about a worsening shortage of knowledge workers. But to interest students in STEM subjects, they must be engaged. One grand, sweeping effort could make a huge difference: putting a laptop into the hands of every student and teacher in America. Just as bringing electricity to every home in the early 20th century led to far-reaching progress in the U.S. heartland, infusing technology into every aspect of learning can rescue American competitiveness. Panelists will discuss the methods and challenges of reaching this bold goal, including connectivity, funding, public-private partnerships and revamping teacher education.

— announcement with annotations
Milken Institute Global Conference
2009-04-02

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