Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Shifting the Prevailing Ideology

This will likely be my last email before I head to DC for Teach for America's 20th Anniversary Summit on Saturday.  I hope to see lots of you there!  I'm part of this panel at 3pm on Saturday:

Shifting the Prevailing Ideology

Day and Time
Saturday, 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM.

Description
From Waiting for "Superman" to public reporting of teachers' impact on student performance, the past year has seen unprecedented effort by the media to expose the American public to educational inequity. In this panel, journalists, filmmakers, and political advocates and commentators will reflect on what works in convincing the public that it is possible to achieve educational equity and in generating a deeper understanding of what it will take to do so.

Location
Level 1 - Room 150

Speaker(s)

·         Kati Haycock - President, Education Trust

·         John Legend - Performing Artist, Board Member, Teach For America

·         James Carville - Political Strategist

·         Whitney Tilson - Founder and Managing Partner , T2 Partners and Tilson Mutual Funds

·         Amanda Ripley - Time Magazine contributor , Author of the forthcoming book The Smart Kids' Club: How Other Countries Built Smarter Kids

Moderator

·         Kira Orange Jones - Executive Director, Greater New Orleans, Teach For America

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