Charter Public Schools & School-Based District Reform, with Whitney Tilson
Thursday, January 7, 2009 — 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont St.
Boston, MA
Whitney Tilson is a board member of KIPP Academy charter school in New York City, one of the founders of Democrats for Education Reform, and one of the founding members of Teach for America in 1989. Mr. Tilson received an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, with a bachelor’s degree in Government.
A panel of education and policy experts will be in attendance to discuss the issues of charter public schools and school-based district reform. Acting as panel moderator will be Linda Noonan, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. Panelists will be Karla Baehr, Kevin Andrews, Tom McDonald, and Paul Toner.
This event is free and open to the public.
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP by December 31 to Savannah Snyder at ssnyder
pioneerinstitute.org or 617-723-2277 ext. 217.
