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    LIVE WEBCAST -- Leveling the playing field: Policy options to improve postsecondary education and career outcomes
    A Hamilton Project policy forum

    When: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 1:00 — 4:00 p.m. EDT

    Where:  http://bit.ly/2pmOM9Q 

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    Providing workers with the right sets of skills is an urgent necessity in the modern labor market. Postsecondary education and K–12 both have important roles to play, and can be improved with the help of ongoing research on what does and does not work in education policy. K-12 schools could be doing more to increase high school student engagement and preparation for college; and the teacher shortages K–12 schools face in specific subject and geographic areas must also be addressed. Furthermore, at postsecondary institutions, federal aid must provide incentives to raise the quality of the college experience, protect the taxpayer investment, and enhance college access for workers who need to reskill.

    On April 26, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a policy forum to explore the best ways to address these challenges. The forum will begin with introductory remarks by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, followed by three roundtable discussions featuring panelists including: Andy Smarick, Morgridge fellow, American Enterprise Institute; James Kvaal, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, University of Michigan; Bridget Terry Long, Saris professor of education and economics, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University; Sandra Black, Audre and Bernard Rapoport centennial chair in economics and public affairs, University of Texas at Austin; Charlene M. Dukes, president, Prince Georges Community College; Michael Dakduk, executive vice president and director of government relations, Career Education Colleges and Universities; Sarita E. Brown, president, Excelencia in Education; Belle Wheelan, president, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; and Heather Wathington, chief executive officer, The Maya Angelou Schools and See Forever Foundation.

    In conjunction with the forum, The Hamilton Project will release five new policy proposals by: David J. Deming (Harvard University) proposing a federal matching grant for public postsecondary institutions that implement free college; Sarah Turner (University of Virginia) discussing reforms to Pell Grants and postsecondary policies to address job loss and improve retraining; Tiffany Chou (U.S. Department of the Treasury), Adam Looney (Brookings Institution), and Tara Watson (Williams College) proposing a risk-sharing reform for the federal student loan program; Thomas Dee (Stanford University) and Dan Goldhaber (University of Washington) proposing strategies for addressing teacher shortages; and Louis Jacobson (New Horizons Economic Research and George Washington University) examining reforms that help high schools improve career and college prospects for low-performing students.

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