Fundamentally changing our public education system to make it work for every school and every student

Luncheon featuring former Seattle School Board President Don Nielsen, Oct. 23rd at Discovery Institute

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Oct 20, 2014, 03:41 ET

SEATTLE, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After decades of testing hundreds of public school reforms and spending trillions of dollars:

We have 7000 students a day dropping out of school.
We rank 23rd in the world in math achievement and 17th in the world in reading. Poverty is at an all-time high, our prison population continues to grow (particularly for minorities).
Inequality continues to expand and there is no state or district where student performance is competitive with the world's best.

Why has so much effort and money gone for naught? In Every School: One Citizen's Guide To Transforming Education (www.everyschoolthebook.com) former Seattle School Board President Don Nielsen explores what that problem is and why the solution has thus far avoided us. Every School is about fundamentally changing our public education system so it works for every school and every student. According to Nielsen, these changes start with state law.

Join us Thursday, Oct. 23 for a luncheon presentation from Mr. Nielsen about exactly what it's going to take to transform and improve our public education system.

What: Luncheon with Don Nielsen on Every School: One Citizen's Guide To Transforming Education
When: Thursday, Oct. 23^rd, 12:00 – 1:30pm
Where: Discovery Institute, 208 Columbia St., Seattle, WA 98104
Doors will open at 11:45 AM for lunch, and the presentation will begin at 12:30. Cost to attend is $10 and includes lunch. Parking is available in nearby garages, including the Millennium Tower garage, with the entrance located on Columbia Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.

About Donald P. Nielsen: Nielsen is a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute and chair of the Institute's program on public education reform. From 1992 to 2008, Mr. Nielsen concentrated his activities in the field of public education. He traveled the country for two years studying America's public education system and subsequently was elected to the Board of the Seattle Public Schools. He served on the board for eight years and was President of the Board in 2000-01. During his tenure, Mr. Nielsen and his colleagues oversaw major reforms to the Seattle Public School System that greatly enhanced the educational experience—and heightened achievement—for students, administrators, teachers, and parents.

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SOURCE Discovery Institute