(2008-08-01) Education Task Force

A national task force heavily populated by veteran New York City education reformers meets for the first time in Washington DC this week to discuss ways to improve the quality of teachers in Public Schools. The Strategic Management of Human Capital Task Force (SMHC), which numbers among its members New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, also announced today the addition of Josh Reibel, president of Brooklyn-based Wireless Generation, an online student assessment and class planning system. (Michelle Rhee is also involved.)