Entire Proceedings (335 pages, 3.8MB)

Foreword (44K) Cathy E. Minehan

Overview Education in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World (117K) Yolanda K. Kodrzycki Address American Leadership in the Human Capital Century: Have the Virtues of the Past Become the Vices of the Present? (603K) Claudia Goldin

Educational Attainment as a Constraint on Economic Growth and Social Progress(1.6MB) Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

Discussion (138K) Lawrence F. Katz

Discussion (49K) Paulo Renato Souza

Social and Nonmarket Benefits from Education in an Advanced Economy (303K) Barbara L. Wolfe and Robert H. Haveman

Discussion (58K) Daron Acemoglu

Discussion (58K) T. Paul Schultz

Do State Governments Matter?(107K) Thomas A. Downes

Discussion (134K) Julian R. Betts Discussion (60K) Michael A. Rebell

Address The Challenge of Transformation (103K) Michael Barber

Improving Educational Quality: How to Evaluate Our Schools(148K) Eric A. Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond

Discussion(90K) Peter J. Dolton

Discussion(323K) Thomas J. Kane

What Is the Appropriate Role for Student Achievement Standards?(144K) John H. Bishop

Discussion(71K) David N. Figlio

Discussion(55K) Ellen Guiney

Panel Discussion: Policy Implications

Theories of Action for Effecting Education Reform(52K) Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Improving Education Outcomes: In Colleges, Universities, and Beyond (47K) Alan G. Merten

Improving Urban Public Schools: Suggestions for Teacher Union Leaders (195K) Richard J. Murnane

An Education Support System (57K) Warren Simmons

About the Authors (58K)

Conference Participants (49K)