White House Convening of State Education Leadership: December, 8, 2015

I am honored to have been invited to the White House on Tuesday, Dec. 8 to meet with other state education leaders to discuss federal education initiatives.

Here is the reading list and agenda:

Pre-reading Material

High School Redesign

• Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces More than $375 Million in Public and Private Support for Next-Generation High Schools
• High School – What it Can and Should Be for America’s Students

Tuition-Free Community College

• America’s College Promise: A Progress Report on Free Community College

Dual Enrollment

• Fact Sheet: Department of Education Launches Experiment to Provide Federal Pell Grant Funds to High School Students Taking College Courses for Credit

Computer Science

• New campaign to expand CS, with first round of commitments due by January 5th. Read about the form here:
  • Building on the President’s Call to Action to Expand Computer Science Education in K-12 Schools
  • As Computer Science Education Week (“CS Ed Week”) Approaches: Calling all CS Learning Champions!
• NSF programs on expanding K-12 computer science:
  • STEM + Computing Partnerships  (STEM+C)

College Scorecard

• Fact Sheet: Empowering Students to Choose the College that is Right for Them

FAFSA

• Fact Sheet: The President’s Plan for Early Financial Aid: Improving College Choice and Helping More Americans Pay for College
• Financial Aid Tool Kit

Event Agenda

• Remarks and Q&A with Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
• Panel Discussions
  • Panels will be led by Senior Administration officials, but will highlight work that is being done in several states across these issues.
• College Opportunity and Affordability Panel
  • Topic: Tuition Free Community College and College Affordability
• K-12 Panel
  • Topics: Rethinking High School Design, and Computer Science for All
• Early Education Panel
  • Topics: Early Learning, Pre-K for All

Lunch

• Breakout/ Collaboration Sessions:
  • Participants will attend two Breakout Sessions, and will have the chance to collaborate with State Education Leaders from across the country to discuss policy and legislation.
    •         Early Education and Early Learning
    •         High School Redesign
    •         Computer Science For all
    •         Tuition Free Community College and Dual Enrollment
    •         Early FASFA and Scorecard
• Remarks and Q & A with John King, Delegated Deputy Secretary and Incoming Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

3:30 PM Guests Depart