**WEBCAST** The Role of Higher Education in Improving Urban Schools

Panel Event: The Role of Higher Education in Improving Urban Schools

On Thursday, September 10, the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan will keynote a University of Chicago dialogue on federal government and university initiatives to improve student performance in urban schools.  

• Where: Washington, DC; however, you don't have to miss a moment! Please join us right here for the live webcast  
• When: Thursday, September 10 from 2:30 p.m. CST (3:30 p.m. EST) to 4 p.m CST (5 p.m. EST)

Panel:
The panel will begin with brief comments from John Easton,Director of the Institute of Education Sciences.

Moderator: Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for the NewsHour on PBS

Panelists:

• Tim Knowles: Director, University of Chicago Urban Education Institute
• Charles Payne: Frank P. Hixon Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
• Linda Darling-Hammond: Charles Ducommun Stanford University Professor of Education, Co-Director of School Redesign Network