Education Pioneers Summer Fellowship: July 29 event in D.C.

by YARED GETACHEW

Education Pioneers aims to address challenges that confront schools in our nation's cities.  Each year, Pioneers recruits summer fellows from business, law, policy, education, and other disciplines to work on complex issues involving urban education (a summary of the program is available on an earlier posting). In past years, Virginia Law students have spent challenging and fulfilling summers in various cities.  (Please write me if you wish to contact them).

Second- and third-year students in the D.C. area interested in learning about education initiatives led by current (2010) fellows may consider attending a gathering on July 29, 2010 at the law firm of Jones Day, LLP. 

Joanne Weiss, Chief of Staff to United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, is the keynoter.  The event takes place 6-8PM.  RSVP here by July 22, 2010.