Education and Employment - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 29 February 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
Introduction
Standards-based reform
Charter Schools
Use of information technology
The role of the business
community
The role of higher education
and philanthropic institutions
Annex A. Terms of Reference:
The Role of Private Companies in the Management and Supply of
State Education Services
Annex B. Terms of Reference:
Standards—Disadvantage and Opportunity: Raising Standards
in Disadvantaged Urban Communities
Annex C. Notes of Meetings
held in Boston and North Carolina
A. NOTES OF MEETINGS
HELD IN BOSTON
Meeting with Dr Charles
Desmond, Associate Chancellor for School and Community Relations,
and Dr Neill Bruss, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Massachusetts,
Boston, Monday 11 October 1999
Meeting with Mr John
Silber, Chancellor, Boston University and past chairman, Massachusetts
Board of Education, Monday 11 October 1999
Meeting with Charles
Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Monday 11 October
1999
Meeting with Mr Joshua
Solomon, Vice-President for Business Development, Advantage Schools,
Monday 11 October 1999
Meeting with Mr Jim Peyser,
Chairman, Massachusetts Board of Education and Executive Director,
Pioneer Institute; joined by Mr Edward Kirby, Massachusetts Associate
Commissioner of Education for Charter Schools and Ms Linda Brown,
Director, Charter School Resource Centre, Pioneer Institute, Monday
11 October 1999
Meeting with Dr Thomas
Payzant, Superintendent of Schools, City of Boston, Tuesday 12
October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
with Dr Steven Leonard, Principal, Burke High School, Tuesday
12 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
with Ann Connolly Tolkoff, teacher and co-founder, City on a Hill
Charter School, Tuesday 12 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
with Roger Harris, Principal and colleagues, Boston Renaissance
School, Tuesday 12 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
with Dr Deborah Meier, Principal and colleagues, Mission Hill
School, Tuesday 12 October 1999
Meeting with Northeastern
University School of Education, Tuesday 12 October 1999
Meeting with Neil Sullivan,
Director, Boston Private Industry Council, Tuesday 12 October
1999
Meeting with Ellen Guiney,
Director, Boston Plan for Excellence, Tuesday 12 October 1999
B. NOTES OF MEETINGS
HELD IN NORTH CAROLINA
Meeting with Mr John
Dornan, President, Public School Forum of North Carolina, Wednesday
13 October 1999
Meeting with Mr Michael
E Ward, State Superintendent for Public Instruction, Thursday
14 October 1999
Visit South Johnston
High School with delegates to Education/Business Council Conference:
Presentation from Mr
Jim Crausby, Johnston County School Superintendent and Mr Ed Croom,
Principal, Thursday 14 October 1999
Presentation from Mr
Tom Williams, Executive Director, North Carolina Business Committee
for Education (NCBCE), Thursday 14 October 1999
Presentation from Mr
Tom Houlihan, NC Partnership for Excellence (NCPE), Thursday 14
October 1999
Presentation from Linda
Ridout, Careers Development Co-ordinator, Judy Rose, Director,
Academy for Vocational Qualifications and students, South Johnston
High School, Thursday 14 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
with Dolores Gill, Principal and Mr Kenneth Bennett, Vice-Principal,
Benson Elementary School, Thursday 14 October 1999
Meeting with Mr Marvin
Pittman and Carolyn Cobb, North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (DPI), Thursday 14 October 1999
Meeting at Dover Resource
Centre Kids' Café with Phylis Sharpe, Parentscope facilitator,
Arvella Brown: Earlene Philips, The Food Bank; Roberta, Angela
and Sarah, mothers, Thursday 14 October 1999
Presentation on 'Smart
Start'. Meeting with Karen Ponder, Director, North Carolina Partnership
for Children, Friday 15 October 1999
Meeting at YMCA Early
Childhood Centre, Durham with Susan Ruth, Durham County Department
of Public Instruction and Karenne Berry Mills, Vice-President
for Family Affairs, YMCA Durham, Friday 15 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
at SPARC Academy, St Augustine's College with Jackie Mburu, Principal
and Dr Grova Bridgers, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction,
Friday 15 October 1999
Visit to School: Meeting
at Fred A Smith Elementary School with Suzanne Warren, Principal
and Brenda Baker, former Principal, Friday 15 October 1999
Lunch with the North
Carolina Association of Teachers: Mr John Wilson, Executive Director,
Geraldine McNeil, President, and colleagues, Friday 15 October
1999
Meeting with Dr Anthony
Habit, President, Wake Education Partnership and Linda Harrill,
President, North Carolina Community in Schools Program, Friday
15 October 1999
Wrap-up session with
Mr John Dornan, President, Public School Forum of North Carolina
and Dr Henry Johnson, Associate Superintendent, North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction, Friday 15 October 1999
Annex D. Proceedings
of the Education Sub-committee relating to the Report
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
LIST OF REPORTS
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