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Eliminating Education Inequality

Date:
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Time:
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Commonwealth Club Office
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

The founder of Teach for America talks about the struggle to help all students succeed

Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder, Teach for America; Author, One Day, All Children

Kathryn Baron, Journalism Fellow, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, UC Berkeley; Past Host, "The California Report," KQED; Six-Time Winner, Education Writer Association's National Awards for Education Reporting; Recipient, Armstrong Award for Radio Documentary - Moderator

Kopp wrote her thesis on the idea of creating a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in the neediest communities and become education leaders. This vision has grown into Teach for America, reaching more than 400,000 students this year. Where does education fall on the list of the country's priorities? Kopp provides thoughts on improving early education and expanding learning opportunities for children.

Time: 5:30 p.m. wine and cheese/networking, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $12 members, $18 non-members

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Added to the calendar on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 5:03PM
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