Events

Community Assembly

Date: December 9, 2008
Time: 7:45 - 11 a.m.

Brookland Conference Center

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1066 Sunset Boulevard

West Columbia, SC 29163


Check-in & Buffet Breakfast 7:45 a.m.

Program 8-9:30 a.m.

  • United Way of the Midlands 2008 Report to the Community

  • Student Message--Refuse to Lose--Anidra Graham, Student, Manning High School, Jobs for America’s Graduates-South Carolina

  • Keynote Address--From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate--Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education 
    The good news is that we know a great deal about how to educate lowperforming adolescents to high standards, and many high schools across the country are doing so. Unfortunately, there are too few of these successful schools nationwide. This shortage is exacerbated by a general lack of attention to the problems in our high schools by the public and policymakers-particularly at the federal level. Governor Wise will present The Alliance for Excellent Education recommendations for how the renewal of the No Child Left Behind Act(NCLB) could address the crisis in the nation’s high schools head-on.

Panel: 9:45-11 a.m.

  • Education—South Carolina’s Pathway to Change 
        Moderator: 
        Robbie Barnett, Associate Vice President, Workforce Development and Education Policy, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
        Panelist:  
        Dr. Samantha J. Ingram, Superintendent, Fairfield County School District
        Jim Reynolds, President, Total Comfort Service Center
        Val Richardson, Workforce Development Manager, Palmetto Health
        Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education

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Venue: Brookland Conference Center

Event Type: Community Assembly