Teachers – Got Plans Sunday?
If not, consider joining a live chat for Education Nation’s Teacher Town Hall. It will be held Sunday, September 26, at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific. And during this event, NBC’s Brian Williams will talk with teachers on-air and online about issues facing educators and education. Just remember–you must register to participate.
For those who do not know, NBC News’ Education Nation is a week-long event, starting Sunday, that will examine and redefine education in America. It “seeks to engage the public, through thoughtful dialogue, in pursuit of the shared goal of providing every American with an opportunity to pursue the best education in the world.” Believing that we have allowed our students to fall behind, that our workforce is largely unprepared for today’s marketplace and that we face stiff competition from abroad, NBC hopes to provide quality news and information to the public to help us decide: Is it time to reinvent American as an Education Nation?
This event will feature in-depth conversations about improving education in American, including the Teacher Town Hall (which, by the way, will be aired live on MSNBC, educationnation.com, scholastic.com and msnbc.com). For the entire week, “NBC Nightly News,” “Today,” “Meet the Press,” “Your Business,” MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo, msnbc.com and nbclearn.com will feature news about the current state of public education, look at the economic and societal consequences of poor education, and highlight educational success stories. The event will begin with an interactive two-day summit (invitation-only) at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. NBC is also turning Rockefeller Plaza into a “Learning Plaza”—five galleries open to the public that will allow visitors to explore America’s educational “ecosystem.”
Another featured event: At 8am Eastern on Monday, September 27 on the Today Show, Matt Lauer will conduct a half-hour, one-on-one interview with President Obama entirely on education issues. Have a question you want asked? Submit it here.
I am excited about this event. It is high time that we shine a brighter spotlight on education in America. My only concern is, given the polarized nature of most education debates these days, whether NBC will be able to put politics aside and present a balanced look at both the challenges our public education system faces and the strengths that we have. The intentions are good, but getting around the politics of education is easier said than done.
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