Archived Discussions

Online Discussion: Teachers Unions and Professional Work

July 1, 2009 (All day) - July 2, 2009 (All day)

Teachers and education experts discuss the role of teachers unions in the daily work of teachers and schools and implications for reform. Read through the transcript of this online discussion.

Online Discussion: Creating Positive Incentives for School Improvement

June 3, 2009 (All day) - June 5, 2009 (All day)

Education experts Sir Michael Barber, Dominic Brewer, Sandy Kress, and Rob Manwaring discuss how policymakers can use rewards and positive incentives to encourage excellence in schools. Read through the transcript of this online discussion .

Online Discussion: Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment

March 3, 2009 (All day) - March 5, 2009 (All day)

Can technology transform the way we assess our students? Read this recent online discussion about Beyond the Bubble.

Online Discussion: Measuring Skills for the 21st Century

November 10, 2008 (All day) - November 14, 2008 (All day)

Education Sector's Elena Silva, and experts Eva Baker, from the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, and Paul Curtis of New Technology Foundation, discuss 21st century skills and assessment issues in this online discussion.

Online Discussion: Virtual Schools as Laboratories of Reform

June 20, 2007 (All day)

Read the transcript from our online discussion about the Education Sector report "Laboratories of Reform" and how virtual learning is leading innovation in education reform.