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Talent in Action

Analyst Fellows Convene to Discuss Growth and Scale in Education

January 16, 2013

Analyst Fellows
As part of the Education Pioneers Analyst Fellowship experience, Fellows come together for a series of five convenings to discuss their experiences, share ideas and insights and learn more about the work of other Fellows and Partners. During the third Analyst Fellowship convening for the Western region, Fellows organized a panel session to dig into the internal and external issues education organizations face in regards to growth. Three of our valuable Partners helped facilitate the discussion: Tracy Hanna, Director of Growth at KIPP Bay Area Schools Jonathan Schorr, Partner at NewSchools...
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EP Updates

Frances McLaughlin Named President of Education Pioneers

January 10, 2013

AN UPDATE FROM SCOTT MORGAN, FOUNDER & CEO Happy New Year! This year promises to be an exciting one. It's hard to believe that 10 years ago this June I drove from San Jose to Sacramento to file the papers to form Education Pioneers. I wasn't sure if my car could make the trip, but I believed without a doubt that Education Pioneers could make an impact on the lives of millions of children. I hope you agree that we are well on our way. In Good to Great, Jim Collins writes that, "The most important decisions that [leaders] make are not ‘what' decisions, but ‘who' decisions." I couldn't agree...
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EP Updates

Education Pioneers Joins Activate ED, New Campaign To Transform Education

December 12, 2012

Today we are pleased to share some exciting news: Education Pioneers has joined a new collaboration to help accelerate our mission to transform education into the best led and managed sector in the U.S.! Thanks to a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have partnered with The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems and the Strategic Data Project , part of Harvard's Center for Education Policy Research, to form Activate ED ( www.activate-ed.org ). Our new partners in Activate ED have parallel missions: to place top leadership, management and analytic talent...
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EP Insights

EP Shares Social Media Tips & Advice

By Kendra Racouillat, November 23, 2012

From GettingSmart.com Here are some things that Education Pioneers (EP) has learned about social media along the way and what's worked best for us. 1. You can't go viral right away. Spend time building your audience by providing consistent, high-quality content that makes it worth their while to listen to what you have to say. Education Pioneers had recent success with a national media campaign announcing that applications for our 2013 Fellowships are now open, including: Seeing the most visitors we'd ever had on the EP website in one day Increasing the number of Fellowship applications we'd...
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EP Updates

Michelle Rhee, Founder & CEO of StudentsFirst, Talks Ed Leadership with EP Analyst Fellows

November 19, 2012

The former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools discusses her approach to managing a school system with over 45,000 students. Not long after Michelle Rhee settled into her post at the helm of D.C. Public Schools in 2007 she was forced to close down 23 schools. This decision put Rhee in the middle of one of the biggest education reform controversies of the decade and forced her to rethink everything she thought she knew about education leadership. In a recent talk with Education Pioneers Analyst Fellows, Rhee shared her lessons learned and offered advice for the Fellows, who have recently begun...

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