This podcast presents an exceptional panel discussion recorded at the 2007 International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. The panelists are among the nation's most distinguished leaders in the field of education policy. Margaret Spellings was the U.S. Secretary of Education from 2005 to 2009. Longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley turned around a troubled school system by obtaining unprecedented direct control over the schools, earning national acclaim for his innovative approach to issues of education in America's third largest city. The President of New York University, Dr. John Sexton, is a former professor of religion, an attorney, law school dean and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The distinguished neuroscientist Dr. Susan Hockfield is the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Shirley Jackson, a nuclear physicist and former Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is now the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest institute of technology. The discussion is moderated by David Gergen. An adviser to presidents of both major parties, Mr. Gergen served in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton. He is now Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.