Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice Pres. McGraw-Hill Companies
Welcome to our Featured Section of the District Leaders Podcast web site which focuses on the critical issues and many resources related to Career and College Readiness.
Our host and expert for this portion of the podcast site is Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice President of Career and College Readiness for The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Jeff Livingston’s Biographical Background:
As Senior Vice President of Applied Career and College Readiness Learning Solutions Center, Jeff Livingston is responsible for product development and marketing for McGraw-Hill Educations’ Advanced Placement, Career and Technical Education, Adult Basic Education, Health, Fine Arts and College Readiness curriculum areas. Prior to this assignment, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for SRA/McGraw-Hill and Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. Jeff previously served as the Vice President of Urban Markets, Database Marketing and Inside Sales.
Before joining The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2004, Jeff was a successful entrepreneur with specialties in instructional technology and marketing to urban school systems. As Co-founder, President and COO of Achieva.com, Jeff helped to build the largest provider of online test prep and college prep for American high schools. Achieva was sold to the Kaplan K-12 Learning Solutions Division of the Washington Post Company in 2001. Jeff holds a bachelors degree in government and economics from Harvard University and in the early 1990s, he spent several years in investment banking and trading financial derivatives for Merrill-Lynch.
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CCR- Resource 3 CEO of Harlem’s Children’s Zone, Geoffrey Canada, speaks with McGraw Hill’s Jeff Livingston about Student Success
In this video clip, Geoffrey Canada, CEO of Harlem’s Children’s Zone, interviews with Jeff Livingston, Senior VP of College and Career Readiness of McGraw-Hill Education. They discuss how Harlem Children’s Zone programs help students better succeed.
About Geoffrey Canada and Harlem’s Children’s Zone
In his 20-plus years with Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc., Geoffrey Canada has become nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform.
Since 1990, Mr. Canada has been the President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlem Children’s Zone, which The New York Times Magazine called “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” In October 2005, Mr. Canada was named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and World Report.
In 1997, the agency launched the Harlem Children’s Zone Project, which targets a specific geographic area in Central Harlem with a comprehensive range of services. The Zone Project today covers 100 blocks and aims to serve over 10,000 children by 2011.
The New York Times Magazine said the Zone Project “combines educational, social and medical services. It starts at birth and follows children to college. It meshes those services into an interlocking web, and then it drops that web over an entire neighborhood….The objective is to create a safety net woven so tightly that children in the neighborhood just can’t slip through.”
The work of Mr. Canada and HCZ has become a national model and has been the subject of many profiles in the media. Their work has been featured on “60 Minutes,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “CBS This Morning,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” National Public Radio’s “On Point,” as well in articles in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, USA Today and Newsday.
The McGraw-Hill Education College & Career Readiness Center
McGraw-Hill Education’s College & Career Readiness Center is the first educational publisher specializing in college and career readiness. We’re committed to providing customized solutions to ensure students graduate high school equipped with 21st Century skills to achieve in today’s rapidly changing world. This interview was conducted by our topic expert, Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice President of Career and College Readiness for The McGraw-Hill Companies.
CCR- Resource 2 Career and Technical Education with Greg Bethel
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Gregg Betheil, the New York City Department of Education’s senior executive for Career and Technical Education (CTE), discusses the history of New York’s CTE institutions with Jeff Livingston, senior vice president of Career and College Readiness for The McGraw-Hill Companies. Gregg describes the role of his department in the current development and advancement of CTE programs through the city and state, and goes into a fascinating discussion on the different perceptions and distinctions, both true and false, found in the comparison between Universities and CTE institutions.
Join us as Jeff Livingston conducts an interesting and detailed interview, and listen in as he and Gregg discuss
- The past, present, and future of CTE institutions,
- Common misconceptions about the comparison between CTE institutions and Universities, and
- How Gregg’s department is changing things- and their vision for the future.
Related Resources:
If you enjoyed this episode be sure to also listen to this longer presentation by Greg at the Celebration 0f Teaching and Learning in New York City, March 2010. This is an overview of the history and future of Career and Technical Education which is not to be missed!
Biographical Background:
Gregg B. Betheil is the Executive Director, Office of Postsecondary Pathways and Planning with the New York City Department of Education. Through this newly formed office, he leads the NYCDOE’s ongoing efforts to ensure that all graduates are ready for postsecondary success, in two- and four-year colleges, apprenticeship programs and throughout their careers. His responsibilities include oversight of the NYCDOE-CUNY College Readiness & Success Initiative, as well as guidance to ensure there is consistent and coherent information on postsecondary planning for students and families from kindergarten through graduation.
He joined the NYCDOE in January 2008 to provide leadership to Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to foster innovation in New York City’s portfolio of career and technical education options. He managed the Mayor’s Task Force on Career and Technical Education Innovation, and continues to provide oversight and support of the CTE portfolio, which includes 30 CTE schools serving over 30,000 students, and 345 CTE programs across city schools, serving over 110,000 students.
Related Web Links:
- New York City Dept of Ed CTE
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CCR- Resource 1 The State of Career and College Readiness, by Jeff Livingston
The Career & College Readiness Center (.pdf)
Jeff Livingston – A white paper
The McGraw-Hill Education College & Career Readiness Center is the first educational publisher specializing in college and career readiness. We’re committed to providing customized solutions to ensure students graduate high school equipped with 21st Century skills to achieve in today’s rapidly changing world. This resource was written by our topic expert, Jeff Livingston, Senior Vice President of Career and College Readiness for The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Biographical Background of Jeff Livingston:
Jeff Livingston is Senior Vice President of Applied Career and College Readiness Learning Solutions Center. In this capacity, he is responsible for product development and marketing for McGraw-Hill Educations’ Advanced Placement, Career and Technical Education, Adult Basic Education, Health, Fine Arts and College Readiness curriculum areas. Prior to this assignment, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for SRA/McGraw-Hill and Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. Jeff previously served as the Vice President of Urban Markets, Database Marketing and Inside Sales.
Before joining The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2004, Jeff was a successful entrepreneur with specialties in instructional technology and marketing to urban school systems. As Co-founder, President and COO of Achieva.com, Jeff helped to build the largest provider of online test prep and college prep for American high schools. Achieva was sold to the Kaplan K-12 Learning Solutions Division of the Washington Post Company in 2001. Jeff holds a bachelors degree in government and economics from Harvard University and in the early 1990s, he spent several years in investment banking and trading financial derivatives for Merrill-Lynch.
About the McGraw-Hill ACCR Learning Solutions Center
In June 2009, McGraw-Hill Education introduced the Applied, College & Career Readiness Center (ACCR) with the focus of preparing students for the workplace after high school, the adult education programs that help put people to work and advance careers, and the college readiness products and services designed to help high school students attain the skills needed to excel in higher education. Livingston, the former president and CEO of Achieva.com, the first comprehensive online college admissions and counseling service, leads ACCR. For more information, please visit www.mhsegsolutions.com
District Leader’s Podcast is produced and copyrighted by The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2007-2010. All rights reserved.
For more information email us at podcast@districtleaderspodcast.org or phone us at 1-866-435-5337 (toll free) and leave a voice message for our co-hosts.
