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MANAMA, Bahrain, 24 Sept. 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- James Rubin, broadcaster and former policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, has joined a strong line-up of U.S. education experts for a global conference to be held in Bahrain next month.
Rubin will moderate some of the sessions, and will be featured alongside Dr Tony Wagner, Co-director of the Change Leadership Group at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dennis Shirley, Professor of Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Janice Jackson, Lecturer on Education and Senior Associate for the Executive Leadership Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Nancy L. Ames, Consultant to the College Board and former Vice President of Education Development Centre (EDC).
The Education Project, to be held at the Shaikh Isa Cultural Centre and National Library in the Kingdom's capital Manama, will begin with a lively televised debate on 'The state of educational outcomes.' The discussion will be chaired by Tony Wagner, of Harvard Graduate School of Education 'Change Leadership Group,' and will discuss why education levels fail to meet expectations and why reform programmes designed to resolve the problem often do not have the desired effect.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board
which is supporting the event, said: "The Education Project will bring together leading experts from across the globe and from all facets of education. Most have spent a lifetime committed to the cause; they understand what works and what does not. And they are passionate about identifying concrete solutions to one of the greatest challenges facing the world today; education is the single most important factor in bringing stability, productivity and prosperity to all societies."
The inaugural conference aims to identify practical solutions for the gap in the quality of the global education system. Organizers hope to encourage commitment from both the private and public sector to adapt proven models of innovation for wider roll-out, matching donors with projects to enable real outcomes.
The Education Project is free to attend for educational professionals from all sectors as well as from public and private sector institutions with an interest in developing new models and standards in education. For further information visit: www.educationprojectbahrain.org
The key sessions at the Education Project are:
-- The state of affairs of educational outcomes
-- Where is the funding to come from? Public-private partnerships?
-- The structure of the school system: Centralizing Vs. Decentralizing
-- An early start: Increasing long-term learning outcomes through
pre-school education
-- Attracting students to vocational training
-- Equipping all levels of the sector with leadership and change
management skills
-- What will it take to attract the best and brightest to the teaching
profession?
-- Taking seeds of success to scale
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About the speakers
Dr Tony Wagner, has served as Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group (CLG) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education since its inception in 2000. An initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CLG is a "R&D" center that helps teams to be effective change leaders in schools and districts.
Dennis Shirley's educational works spans from the nitty-gritty micro-level of assisting beginning teachers to the macro-level of designing and guiding large-scale research and intervention projects for school districts, states, and non-profit agencies. He recently completed a study of the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement and its contribution to student achievements in Canada's highest achieving province.
Janice Jackson is a lecturer in Educational Leadership and Organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the Senior Associate on the Wallace funded Executive Leadership Program for Educators. The initiative is a multi-year collaborative effort of the Harvard Business School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, working with district and state superintendents and their teams to help bring high quality teaching and learning to scale.
Nancy L. Ames has engaged in educational research and development, technical assistance, and policy and advocacy for more than 40 years. She serves as an independent consultant to the Education Development Center Inc (EDC), the College Board, and Edvantia, Inc.
Other leading education experts to address the Education Project include:
-- Francois Barrault, former CEO of BT Global Services and head of BT
Innovate
-- Helen Pinnock, Education Advisor, Save the Children UK
-- Bahram Bekhradnia, Director of the UK's Higher Education Policy
Institute
-- Angela Ho, Head of the Educational Development Centre at Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
-- Dan Shine, President 50x15 Foundation and Senior Advisor, Corporate
Global Citizenship, World Economic Forum
-- James Knight, President and CEO, Association of Canadian Community
Colleges
-- Professor Ralph Tabberer, Chief Schools Officer, GEMS
-- Professor S. Gopinathan, Vice Dean, Centre for Research in Pedagogy
and Practice, National Institute of Education, Singapore
-- Dr Mona Mourshed, Partner, Middle East Office, McKinsey & Company
-- Dr Shafeeq Ghabra, former president of the American University of
Kuwait, Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University
-- Dr Shirley Gatenio Gabel, Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Social Science, Fordham University
-- Dr Law Song Seng, Senior Advisor, ITE Education Services Private
Limited (ITEES), Singapore
-- Kari Pitkanen, Director of Administration, Finnish National Board of
Education
-- Brian McKay Epp, Higher Education Assessment Consultant, Pearson
eCollege
-- Marina Rosenfeld, Pedagogical Director, Aprendiz
-- Dr Taddy Blecher, CEO of the Community and Individual Development
Association (CIDA) and CEO of the Maharishi Institute
About The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) is a dynamic public agency with an overall responsibility for formulating and overseeing the economic development strategy of Bahrain, and for creating the right climate to attract direct investment into the Kingdom.
The role of the Bahrain EDB is to provide leadership by uniting all of the Kingdom's shareholders through a unified vision, and to develop key strategies for growth. The Bahrain EDB also acts as a facilitator, helping all of Bahrain's stakeholders to understand and adopt the changes necessary for progress. In addition, the Bahrain EDB provides sound project management to ensure that all agreed reform initiatives are implemented in an effective and timely manner.
The Bahrain EDB is also responsible for attracting inward investment into Bahrain, and is focusing on six target economic sectors in which the Kingdom offers significant strengths. These are financial services, downstream industries, tourism, business services, logistics, and education and training.
More information on the Bahrain EDB is available at: www.bahrainedb.com.
About The Experience
The Experience is a strategic experiential communications firm and event management company founded by Richard Attias, the man behind the production of the Davos Forum for over 13 years and the creator and producer of the Nobel Laureates Conference, the Monaco Media Forum, the Global Clinton Initiative, and many other unique public and corporate events. The Experience has offices in NY, Paris, Dubai, Jeddah and coming soon to China.
For registration or program information please contact
Kirstie.Hepburn@theexperiencecorp.com
Tel: +33 6 85599762
Doreen.Bonnami@theexperiencecorp.com
Tel: +1 212 794 8801 x105
For U.S. media inquiries, please contact:
Konstantin Shishkin, Weber Shandwick
Tel: 212.445.8462
Email: kshishkin@webershandwick.com
For all other media inquiries, please contact:
Katie Bergius, Bell Pottinger
Tel: +44 (0)207 861 3105 / +44 (0)7979 701 689
Email: kbergius@goodrelations.co.uk
Source: The Bahrain Economic Development Board
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