On May 5, 2016, the Jack Kemp Foundation, The Center for Education Reform, the nation’s leader in advancing parent power, and Opportunity Lives welcomed Governor McCrory, Congressman Luke Messer, state and national policymakers, education and business leaders to the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity, focusing on addressing upward mobility through parent power.
In case you missed one of the biggest education events of the year, here are five takeaways:
1) Innovation and opportunity are essential ingredients for education in this day and age. “Today, if you don’t graduate a learner, they don’t have a chance in this economy,” reflected Congressman Luke Messer.
“Today, if u don’t graduate a learner, they don’t have a chance in this economy.” @RepLukeMesser https://t.co/yb7bsZEyya #Kempforum16
— Center for EdReform (@edreform) May 5, 2016
2) Opening up opportunities and allowing parents more choices creates a ripple effect that uplifts the entire school system.
3) Allowing choices creates a huge economic impact on a community.
4) Personalized learning has the promise to nurture the potential of every individual student. But technology isn’t just about objects – it’s about how it’s implemented and operated.
Catherine Truitt, Policy Advisor 2 @PatMcCroryNC: “There’s no average student”-DL can help-2nd panel of #Kempforum16 pic.twitter.com/uTtySg5y0Y
— Katharine Correll (@HSG_NC) May 5, 2016
Money matters. But most important how it’s spent. We must let schools innovate https://t.co/yb7bsZEyya #Kempforum16 @JeanneAllen
— Center for EdReform (@edreform) May 5, 2016
5) We must work together to advance opportunity. It’s a matter of will, not ability, noted Rep. Hanes. Politicians have to get out into the schools and see what’s really happening.
We need to work tgthr & it’s the public’s responsibility to help that move fwd. It’s a matter of will not ability.@EdHanes4NC #KempForum16
— Simran Arora (@sarora4) May 5, 2016
More videos, pictures, and full taping of Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity coming soon! Stay tuned!