Education Platforms for presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.

A look inside one of the country's most ambitious educational experiments.

Listen to what a few of the nation's top education experts have to say.

Profile of Foxfire Center for Student Success. Kids come from Appalachian rural poverty and urban poverty districts near Columbus. The school has made a dramatic turn around in the past two years.

Call it rural blight, or simply the impact of globalization - job opportunities are fast disappearing in rural Ohio. Once home to heavy industry, agriculture and mining, the Appalachian area of the state has seen many of these sectors shut down or move offshore in recent years. And where there are opportunities, an education beyond high school is often required. That's a challenge in a region with a high school completion rate of just 68 percent.

Watch excerpts from the two-day conference of educators hosted by New York Public Television.

Discusses testing and assessment

Discusses global competition and comparisons of other countries' education systems

Discusses standards and expectations

Discusses state of education and the economy in Michigan

Discusses reason for panel discussion and state of education system

Addresses Celebration attendees