What would our schools look like if student failure and system under-performance was viewed as catastrophic? Join us for a national two-day summit for education leaders, policy makers and businesses to examine how the principles, policies, and practices of the world’s highest performing systems — in business and education – can be adapted for use by schools and districts to accelerate improvement, drive innovation, and close gaps in achievement.

Presenters include Dr. Tom Bellamy, professor of education at the University of Washington-Bothell and the founding director of the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal; Jim Kohlmoos, CEO of the National Association of State Boards of Education; Dr. Eric Hanushek, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University; Dr. Bryan Setser, founder of the North Carolina Virtual School and 2Revolutions; Dr. Yong Zhao, presidential chair and associate dean for Global Education at the University of Oregon; and others. To register, please visit www.mcrel.org/innovative-ed or contact Julie Abels at 303-632-5532 or jabels@mcrel.org.