This was one of my top 5 favorite Askwith forums. At thirty-eight minutes i get a lil cameo via Matt Webber, thanks man!
In 1970 1/4 jobs needed a post 2nd degree
today 2/3 jobs require a post 2ndary degree. We have not kept pace.
Schnur has done studies that show that 90% if 8th graders and up to 80% of seniors think they will get a college four year degree. 90% of parents think their child will get a four year degree
Bio:
Jon Schnur is Chairman of the Board, co-founder and former CEO of New Leaders for New Schools, a national non-profit organization ensuring high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale. Jon has served as a senior advisor to President Obama's campaign and presidential transition team, as senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as well as President Clinton's White House Associate Director for Educational Policy, Senior Policy Adviser on Education to Vice President Gore, and special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley. He has developed national education policies from preschool to higher education – with special focus on teacher and educator quality, reforming urban school systems, charter schools, after-school programs, and early learning and preschools. Jon graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Politics with honors, took coursework at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government and graduated from a Wisconsin public high school. Jon lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Elisa and their three children: Matthew, Elizabeth and Philip.
No, thank you Mr. Schnur.
"There is an important framing to where we are. We've actually made some progress... since 30 or 40 years ago. It's wasn't that we had this glory day of education and the schools all failed and we need to get back to that. The challenge is that we have made a little progress and the world
's changed. because of a globalized, technology driven society the bar has been raised dramatically from what our young people need to know in order to succeed."
In 1970 1/4 jobs needed a post 2nd degree
today 2/3 jobs require a post 2ndary degree. We have not kept pace.
Schnur has done studies that show that 90% if 8th graders and up to 80% of seniors think they will get a college four year degree. 90% of parents think their child will get a four year degree
Bio:
Jon Schnur is Chairman of the Board, co-founder and former CEO of New Leaders for New Schools, a national non-profit organization ensuring high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale. Jon has served as a senior advisor to President Obama's campaign and presidential transition team, as senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as well as President Clinton's White House Associate Director for Educational Policy, Senior Policy Adviser on Education to Vice President Gore, and special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley. He has developed national education policies from preschool to higher education – with special focus on teacher and educator quality, reforming urban school systems, charter schools, after-school programs, and early learning and preschools. Jon graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Politics with honors, took coursework at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government and graduated from a Wisconsin public high school. Jon lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Elisa and their three children: Matthew, Elizabeth and Philip.
No, thank you Mr. Schnur.