EDUARDO OCHOA, UNITED STATES UNDER SECRETARY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, LEADS POLICY DAY DISCUSSION

PART OF MOBILITYSHIFTS: AN INTERNATIONAL FUTURE OF LEARNING SUMMIT

Saturday, October 15 at 10 a.m. at The New School

WHAT:

Eduardo Ochoa, United States Under Secretary for Higher Education, will deliver a keynote address about the issues facing elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education. This will be followed by a conversation with David Van Zandt, Hal Plotkin, Karen DeMoss,Trebor Scholz, Richard Culatta, and Suzanne Hall. This event is part of MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit, a weeklong exploration of the future of digital learning. Policy Day was designed to bridge the gap between the proposals emerging from the conference and the policymakers who can make them a reality.
WHO: Eduardo Ochoa, United States Under Secretary for Higher Education
David Van Zandt, President of The New School
Hal Plotkin, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Education
Karen DeMoss, Director of the Institute for Urban Education at The New School
Trebor Scholz, MobilityShifts conference chair
Richard Culatta, renowned educational innovator
Suzanne Hall, Senior Innovation Advisor, Bureau of Education & Cultural Affair, US Department of State
WHEN: 10:00 A.M., Saturday, October 15, 2011
WHERE: The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York
TICKETS:

Reservations are required. Contact Kate McCormick at [email protected] to reserve a press pass.

MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit is a weeklong summit featuring a conference, workshops, a science fair, performances, and exhibitions focused on the changing landscape of learning using digital media. A continuation of The New School's biennial Politics of Digital Culture conference series, MobilityShifts adds an international layer to the current debate about learning with digital media, with a particular emphasis on learning outside the bounds of schools and universities. For more information, visit www.mobilityshifts.org

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