The Taskforce’s 2011 research conference keynote speaker is Professor Robert Schwartz who is Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
He is a lead author of Pathways to Prosperity (2011), an influential US analysis of the roles that employer partnerships with school have to play in easing the transitions of young people from education into the labour market. Professor Schwarz has written extensively on US school improvement strategies. His attendance at the conference will be kindly supported by Pearson.