Steve Hargadon from Classroom 2.0 has started a new community at http://www.FutureofEducation.com to provide an opportunity for those who care about education to share their voices and ideas on charting the course of education in a networked world.  It's a place for thoughtful discussion on an incredibly important topic.  The site will launch officially at the end of the month with the start of a weekly interview series, but he's inviting some participation now because of an email Carol Broos (http://www.classroom20.com/profile/beatechie) sent out.

Carol is one of twelve teachers who have been invited to participate in a round table discussion concerning the direction of education the new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Jan 21.  She was sent the following questions, and is asking for feedback and ideas.  You can respond either at the new http://www.FutureofEducation.com community or her wiki at http://education20.pbwiki.com/FrontPage.  Here are the questions:

1. What is the one most important education issue you wish Secretary Duncan to focus on during his tenure and why?
2. How shall the tenets of the No Child Left Behind act be altered or invigorated? What are its positives? How can its negatives be improved?
3. How should the new administration respond to the nation’s need for better prepared and more qualified teachers?
4.What should the new administration do to increase student engagement in mathematics, the sciences and the arts?
5. How should funding equity issues be addressed?

There is also a discussion topic on what questions were not asked that might have been.