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Pathways to Prosperity

Tuesday, 03 April 2012 00:00

Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century

In February 2011, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report identifying our nation’s focus on the academic, classroom-based approach to education as being too narrow-minded. The American Youth Policy Forum hosted a special event upon the release of the report, which included an overview of the report, the reactions of a panel of education and business leaders, and special remarks from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

On Wednesday, February 2nd, the American Youth Policy Forum hosted a special event for the release of the Harvard Graduate School of Education report Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century. The event featured an overview of the report, the reactions of a panel of education and business leaders, and special remarks from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.


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