The 2010 “Education Nation” summit is taking place today at Rockefeller Center and NBC Studios in New York City. It began yesterday and continues into today and the rest of the week.

The purpose of the “Education Nation” is to discuss ways to improve the national education system that has begun to fall behind that of other nations.

On Monday, President Obama made an appearance on the Today Show saying, “Historically, when we first set up the public school systems across the country, we were leaps and bounds ahead of the vast majority of countries around the world. That just is not true anymore. They have caught up and, in some cases, they’re surpassing us, especially in math and science. It happened over decades. There are a lot of contributing factors. But part of the challenge, I think, for the entire country is to understand that how well we do economically, whether jobs are created here, high-end jobs to support families and support the future of the American people, is going to depend on whether or not we can do something about these schools.”

The goal of the summit is to fix the education system in the United States, whether it is by hiring more teachers, extending school hours/day, or increasing teachers’ education.

You can watch live coverage of NBC’s “Education Nation” right here.

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What do you think is the best way to improve education in the U.S.?