Dr. Gene R. Carter

Dr. Gene R. Carter is a veteran educator with experience as a private and public school teacher, public school administrator, superintendent of schools, and university professor. He is active in community, business, and civic organizations. He assumed his position of Executive Director and CEO of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) in 1992. ASCD is an international, non profit, non governmental professional association with more than 175,000 members in 119 countries and more than 60 affiliates. It is one of the largest education organizations in the world.

Dr. Carter serves on the Board of Directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation, the American Bar Association Advisory Commission of Public Education, the America-Israel Friendship League Education Advisory Committee, the Education Commission of the States Advisory Board, America Frontier Culture Foundation, a trustee of Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Advisory Board to the College of Education at Old Dominion University.

Dr. Carter received his bachelor's degree in history from Virginia State University and received a master's degree in educational administration from Boston University. He attended Teachers College, Columbia University, and received a doctorate in instructional and curricular practice in 1973. He has also received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Virginia State University and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Old Dominion University. He has participated in international educational seminars in 40 countries.

Dr. Carter has written numerous articles and book chapters concentrating on educational issues and topics. He is the co-author of The American School Superintendent: Leading in an Age of Pressure (Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1997).

"New Imagery for Schools and Schooling: Educating the World for the New Economy"

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If current predictions are correct, our students will live in a world that we can scarcely imagine complete with jobs not presently in existence and jobs that require employees to problem solve with colleagues throughout the world. The new world will require workers who have flexibility to start and master a different job every two to three years. Demands for creativity and ingenuity in the global workplace are increasing rapidly.

The future of any country will be defined by its citizens' ability to think for a living.

How can we possibly prepare our students for such a future? Our concern must be with the future and with unleashing the forces of invention, innovation, and imagination. We must chart a new educational landscape that challenges us to think outside of the square, to have courage to see freshly, and to re-envision what the delivery of education should look like
to educate the world for the new economy.