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Bridges4Kids LogoNational Governors Association To Host Education Summit to Improve High Schools
MIRS, October 21, 2004
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Achieve, Inc. and the National Governors Association (NGA) have announced that they will host a National Education Summit on High Schools, bringing together all 55 governors, top business executives and prominent K-12 and higher education leaders, Feb. 26-27 in Washington.

The 2005 summit will address the urgent need to improve America's high schools, specifically the imperative to increase graduation rates and ensure that a high school diploma truly prepares students to succeed in higher education and the workplace.

The summit, which will be co-chaired by NGA Chairman Virginia Gov. Mark WARNER and Achieve Vice-Chair Kerry KILLINGER, CEO Washington Mutual, represents an opportunity for the nation's political, educational and business leaders to build a consensus around an agenda for high school improvement. Moreover, it combines the strengths of two national education initiatives, NGA's Redesigning the American High School and Achieve's American Diploma Project.

Previous summits, held in 1989, 1996, 1999 and 2001, were instrumental in creating political momentum and public support for raising academic standards and performance in the nation's schools, according to the NGA. This year, participants will focus on ensuring that the bar for achievement is high enough to prepare all graduates for college and work, and to ensure that all students receive the necessary academic support to meet rigorous graduation standards.

According to Warner, governors and CEOs have been at the forefront of states' efforts to improve student achievement. Significant progress has been made in the nation's elementary and middle schools. Over the next year, Achieve and NGA's goal is to extend that success to high schools.

"In today's knowledge-based economy, we can no longer conduct business as usual in our nation's high schools," Warner said. "There is an urgent need throughout the nation to improve the transition from high school to college and to dramatically strengthen career education programs. We also must reach out aggressively to students who are at risk of failure."

"Thirty years ago, students might have gotten by without learning the basics," Killinger said. "The diploma itself was often sufficient to find a manufacturing job, make a decent income and raise a family. But those days are gone. Today's high school diploma is less meaningful if it does not signify mastery of higher-level skills necessary to succeed in today's workforce and in postsecondary learning."

    

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