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Former Governor Roemer spoke about his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and the 2012 presidential election campaign. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communi…

Panelists talked about bipartisanship for the purposes of strategic planning and investing in the future. Topics included national security, education, and energy issues. Following their rem…

The Close the Gap: Equality in Education Rally was held on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Various civil rights leaders and education reform…

A press conference was held for the release of the report Saving America’s Future: A Challenge to the American People, the first report from the Strengthening America’s Future Initiative (SA…

National Education Summit

Wyatt Andrews moderated panel discussion on the significant events during the primaries and caucuses for the 2008 elections. Topics included which primaries were turning points, the role of …

Former Governor Roy Romer (D-CO) talked by remote video from Philadelphia about the National Governors Association’s Centennial meeting being held there. Topics included his years as a membe…

Former Justice O’Connor and former Governor Romer announced a new National Advisory Council for the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, a national effort to increase and strengthen ci…

Senate Democratic Leader Daschle and House Democratic Leader Gephardt reviewed the first 100 days of the 104th Congress and critiqued the Republican Contract with America. Democratic Governo…

After remarks by Delores Tucker, chair of the Political Congress of Black Women, the speakers discussed ways to regain Democratic votes in the 1998 elections and beyond, and enumerated the s…

Using statistics and anecdotes, Superintendent Romer described his first year directing the Los Angeles Schools, a system with 720,000 students. He also talked about education policy in gene…

Democratic leaders spoke about the importance of education policy and various means of improving education. Among the issues they addressed were the influence of competition on education, te…

Vice President Al Gore and Senator Bill Bradley (D- New Jersey) spoke to delegates about their respective bids for the Democratic presidential nomination. In his speech, Senator Bradley crit…

At the Rural Americans Initiatives Conference, Secretary Glickman and others focused on problems in the agriculture industry. They focused on food stamps, school lunch programs, and distance…

Democratic leaders announced that Mayor Rendell would be the new general chairman of the Democratic National Committee and also talked about the 2000 elections. After their comments they ans…

Participants discussed the impact of Hispanics on the 2000 elections. In particular, they talked about the rising Hispanic population, political races across the country that had been dramat…

Former Governor Romer and others talked to reporters about the upcoming 2000 census. They stressed that the census must be accurate to fairly allocate funds for federal programs like Head St…

Participants talked about the behavior and attitudes among the nation’s youth. They each took questions from the audience following their presentations.

President Bill Clinton and other world leaders talked about the global economy and their theory of the “third way” of economic development and democratization. The focus of the discussion wa…

Steve Grossman, outgoing chair, announced the Democratic National Committee’s agenda for the 2000 election. A videotape honoring him was shown. New chairman, Joe Andrew, and other officers w…