publicized to engage the American people in addressing problems and building on successes."
The Task Force includes 30 prominent education experts, national security authorities, and corporate leaders who reached consensus on a set of contentious issues. The report also includes a number of additional and dissenting views by Task Force members. The Task Force is directed by Julia Levy, an entrepreneur and former director of communications for the New York City Department of Education.
The Task Force believes that its message and recommendations "can reshape education in the United States and put this country on track to be an educational, economic, military, and diplomatic global leader."
The report is available at www.cfr.org/education_task_force.
Task Force Members
Carole Artigiani, Global Kids, Inc.
Craig R. Barrett, Intel Corporation
Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation
Edith L. Bartley, UNCF
Gaston Caperton, The College Board
Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University
Jonah M. Edelman, Stand for Children
Roland Fryer Jr., Harvard University
Ann M. Fudge
Ellen V. Futter, American Museum of Natural History
Preston M. Geren, Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
Allan E. Goodman, Institute of International Education
Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Joel I. Klein, News Corporation
Wendy Kopp, Teach For America
Jeffrey T. Leeds, Leeds Equity Partners, LLC
Julia Levy, Culture Craver
Michael L. Lomax, UNCF
Eduardo J.Padrón, Miami Dade College
Matthew F. Pottinger, China Six LLC
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective
Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University
Benno C. Schmidt, Avenues: The World School
Stanley S. Shuman, Allen& Company LLC
Leigh Morris Sloane, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
Margaret Spellings, Margaret Spellings and Company
Stephen M. Walt, Harvard Kennedy School
Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers
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