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Making Money Matter:
Maximizing Student Achievement with
Our Investments in Education
November
13, 2007
Lexington Convention Center
Lexington, Kentucky
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Welcome,
Setting the Context
(left to right):
Brad
Cowgill, President, Council on
Postsecondary Education; Chair, Kentucky Long-Term Policy
Research Center; Dr. Bob Sexton, Executive Director, Prichard Committee
for Academic Excellence; Board Member, KLTPRC;
David
Adkisson, Kentucky Chamber of
Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer |
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The Dynamic Global Labor Market
(left)
Dr.
Marc Tucker,
President and CEO of the National Center on Education and the
Economy
and author of Tough Choices, Tough Times
(right)
Networking during the break
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Educational Progress in Kentucky
(left)
Dr.
Amy Watts, Policy Analyst,
Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center
(right)
The Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Educational Investments
Michael T. Childress, Executive Director,
Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center |
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(left)
Doug
Mesecar, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, U.S.
Department of Education
(right)
John
R. Hall, 2007 Hellard Award Winner, civic leader,
philanthropist, and former CEO of Ashland, Inc. |
Early
Childhood Development panel
(standing at left)
Dr. M.
Rebecca Kilburn, RAND, author of Early
Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise
(seated in the middle)
Dr. Kim Townley, University of Kentucky
(seated at right)
Rick Hulefeld, Children, Inc.
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The
Achievement Gap
(left)
Ross
Wiener, The Education Trust
(top right)
Claude W. Christian, Kentucky Department
of Education
(bottom right)
Superintendent Stu Silberman, Fayette County Public Schools
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Teacher Compensation
(left)
Dr. Patrick J. Schuermann, Vanderbilt University
(top right)
Mary Ann Blankenship, Kentucky Education Association
(bottom right)
Dr. Allyson Hughes Handley, Council on Postsecondary Education
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