By Invitation Only: Virtual Meeting
Date:
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Schedule:
9:00am-10:00am – Program
Education is consistently an issue on the minds of American citizens and a front and center issue for all organizations as they consider their talent pipeline and skills needed for the 21st Century economy. There is general recognition that changes are needed in the education system in the U.S. Further, to have the societal and economic impact the current U.S. population demands, these changes must benefit all students. Inequities have always existed in our educational system, to such an extent that the educational achievement gap already costs the U.S economy up to $700 billion in lost productivity per year. But that cost figure was pre-COVID – this health crisis has severely exacerbated inequities in education, and the need to consider change now more than ever.
- only 60% of low-income students are consistently logging in for remote instruction, compared to 90% of their high-income peers.
- the average black or Hispanic student remains roughly 2 years behind the average white one, and low-income students continue to be underrepresented among top performers.
Our panelists will share their perspectives on the challenges our system of education faces and what changes could help to reduce inequities.
Moderator:
Dr. James H. Moore, Principal, Economic & Valuation Services, KPMG LLP. Dr. Moore has 25 years of public-sector experience in labor economics; prior to joining KPMG in 2018, he held multiple government roles at the federal, state, and local levels.
Panelists:
- JD Hoye, CEO of NAF who embraces and promotes college and career preparation initiatives at local, regional, state, federal and now national levels; she is driven by the incredible impact public-private partnerships can have on young people and their futures.
- John B. King Jr., President and CEO, The Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps, from preschool through college. Dr. King served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Derek Neal, The William C. Norby Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, who studies labor, black-white wage inequality, economics of crime, and education policy.
Location:
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