Reforming Urban Schools

Jun 5, 2008

American Enterprise Institute

Joel Klein offered his ideas on how to reform urban schools. His goal was to create a system of great schools rather than a great school system. One method to achieve this goal was to divide schools into peer groups that were judged against their cohorts rather than against the entire school system. Other solutions included offering $15,000 to .. Read More
Joel Klein offered his ideas on how to reform urban schools. His goal was to create a system of great schools rather than a great school system. One method to achieve this goal was to divide schools into peer groups that were judged against their cohorts rather than against the entire school system. Other solutions included offering $15,000 to teachers who commit to teach three years, and accountability and compensation programs.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:14 Unidentified Speaker PER GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LICK TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO AEI. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POLICY...
00:03:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING. MY REAL REASON IN BEING...
00:44:49 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, JOEL. AND FOR ANYBODY WHO SUGGESTS THAT DAT DHAS NOT PERMEATED THE WORLD OF EDUCATION,...
00:45:37 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS CHERYL GRAHAM. YOU TALKED A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAN YOU DID IN YOUR SCHOOLS....
00:45:51 Unidentified Speaker BY AND LARGE, AT THE CURRICULUM SCHOOLS, WE'VE DONE THE DATA WORK. RICK SAYS, ABOUT THE DATA, I'M...
00:46:54 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR. EITHER OF YOU. HOW ABOUT BOTH OF YOU?
00:47:01 Unidentified Speaker BOTH.
00:47:02 Unidentified Speaker MARK ME DOWN FOR MYSELF. MANY PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL --
00:47:08 Unidentified Speaker COULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF?
00:47:11 Unidentified Speaker MARK NEWDOW. MANY PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL OF STANDARDIZED TESTS. IT'S LIKE A BAD TEST THING. ARE YOU...
00:47:36 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE BEEN WORK O.J. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY, I DON'T THINK TESTS ARE EVERYTHING. BUT I DO...
00:48:58 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU WORKING WITH --
00:48:59 Unidentified Speaker I'M WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LARGE TESTING COMPANIES ON THAT. BUT THE STATE IS OBVIOUSLY, THE STATE...
00:49:26 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. FRITZ.
00:49:28 Unidentified Speaker FRITZ HANDLESTEIN. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POLITICS. WE TALKED ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. THE MAYOR IS TERM...
00:50:07 Unidentified Speaker FRITZ AND I USED TO PLAY TENNIS WHILE WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, AND EVEN THEN HE WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE...
00:52:00 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR. GO AHEAD.
00:52:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, FRANK TETTER, MY QUESTION IS MATH, ALGEBRA BEING THE ADVANCED MATHEMATICS. THERE'S A TREND...
00:52:41 Unidentified Speaker MY INSTINCT. I DON'T WANT TO BE -- I WANT TO BE CANDID, I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF AN INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERT,...
00:55:17 Unidentified Speaker JOEL.
00:55:19 Unidentified Speaker I'M KAREN AGAIN NOAH FROM THE EDUCATION TRUST. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERS. I WAS...
00:55:34 Unidentified Speaker SURE. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I'M SURE YOU...
00:59:17 Unidentified Speaker CHANCELLOR, IF I CAN PUSH YOU TO SAY A BIT MORE ABOUT NOISENESS AND LEADERSHIP. WE'VE HEARD A LOT...
00:59:49 Unidentified Speaker LET ME GIVE YOU MY SENSE. TAKING THIS JOB, BEFORE THE REFORM DE JOUR. AND THE MAYOR SAID I WOULD MAKE...
01:02:29 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, RICK. MIKE PETTROLLEY PUBLISH OF THE GAS LINE. YOU SAID YOU ASKED A TOUGH QUESTION BEFORE....
01:02:43 Unidentified Speaker I PROMISED I SAVED THIS UNTIL LATER.
01:02:45 Unidentified Speaker YOU'VE SEEN THE REPORTERS TRYING TO GET PRESIDENT BUSH TO TALK ABOUT HIS REGRET. LET'S PLAY THAT RIGHT...
01:03:12 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL, I GO FROM '02, AND I SHOWED YOU MY AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDS...
01:06:09 Unidentified Speaker HI, ELIZABETH GREEN FROM THE NEW YORK SUN. COVERING SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY, ONE THING THAT I'VE...
01:06:50 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, ELIZABETH IS A TERRIFIC REPORTER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING SHE REPORTS IS TERRIFIC....
01:06:57 Unidentified Speaker THE CHARM THING.
01:07:00 Unidentified Speaker I MET WITH YOU FOR 15 MINUTE, IT'S STARTED TO RUB OFF. LOOK, DON'T CONFUSE THE MIDDLE CLASS WITH YOUR...
01:10:26 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
01:10:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK, RICK. I'M TOM TOCKETTE, EDUCATION DIRECTOR. JOEL, YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE OF CREATIVE INSTRUCTION....
01:11:03 Unidentified Speaker WELL, PEOPLE VOTE WITH THEIR FEELING, TOM. AND I MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO COME INSIDE THE SYSTEM...
01:12:24 Unidentified Speaker A COUPLE QUESTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET TO. I KNOW THE CHANCELLOR IS GOING TO GET TO NEW YORK....
01:12:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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