Open Question: Why do we keep ignoring what the data tells us?

Friday, Dec. 11, 2026 | 10 to 11 a.m. CT

A live conversation with Dr. Lindsay Whorton and Dr. Vicki Phillips

New data on how students are faring around the world keeps coming. We read it. We talk about it. Then, too often, we move on. 
 
Open Question is a virtual conversation that puts the thorny, unresolved questions in K-12 education on the table. Dr. Lindsay Whorton, president of The Holdsworth Center, and Dr. Vicki Phillips, president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), ask why we keep looking away from the data and what happens if we don’t act.  
 
They’ll dig into: 
 
• What the trends are telling us that we shouldn’t ignore 
• What’s driving them 
• What can be done about the most troubling ones 
• What we should stop talking about so leaders can focus on what matters 
 
This isn’t a panel. There are no slides and no script. Whorton and Phillips will take turns putting questions to each other. Expect candor and open questions that will stick with you.

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