"Education Pioneers kick started my career in education by bringing together an amazingly talented and diverse cohort of Pioneers. We had the opportunity to meet incredible innovators of education reform, dive headfirst into the work, and debate how we were going to do our part to transform public education."

Kaya Stone, MBA, Yale University, 2005 Bay Area Fellow, Oakland Unified School District

Summer Programming  

Training and Workshops

Fellows explore issues that face urban education in the Fellowship's full-day workshops. Designed to examine key urban education themes and implications of variables such as policy, evaluation, innovation and leadership, workshops provide Fellows with a deep understanding of tangible, complex problems faced by leaders in urban education.

Summer Program Dates

Workshops based on 2010 Program and subject to change

Foundations Orientation

Workshop 1 (Students & families) -
          Opportunity gap-conversation about race and class in public education

Workshop 2 (Human capital) -
          Teacher retention & recruitment strategies in public schools

Workshop 3 (Urban districts) -
          Innovative structural reform models

Workshop 4 (School models) -
          School choice in urban districts

Workshop 5 (OST/supplemental services) -
          College access & prep

Showcase End of Summer Celebration

Capstone Closing Exercises -

Access to Local Education Industry Experts

Education Pioneers secures influential education leaders to speak candidly to Fellows about the successes and challenges they face in their work. Fellows interact with key leaders and develop a profound understanding of practical realities of the work in urban education. Guest speakers have included:

  • Carlos Garcia, Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
  • David Harris, President and CEO, The Mind Trust
  • Dr. William Hite, Superintendent, Prince George's County Public Schools
  • Ron Huberman, CEO, Chicago Public Schools
  • Bill Jackson, Founder and CEO, Great Schools
  • Dave Levin, Founder, KIPP
  • Paul Reville, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Christopher J. Steinhauser, Superintendent, Long Beach Unified School District

Collaboration with Cohort

The Fellowship Program offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with professionals from a variety of industries and backgrounds. Professionals from business, law, policy and education with experience in the private sector, public sector and education engage with each other and leverage cross-industry ideas during case study and simulation activities. Fellows teach and learn from each other in a way that is largely unprecedented in the education space.