This week, I’ll be moderating a panel in San Francisco on global education and technology. About 61 million elementary-age kids are not enrolled in school at all; another 250 million are not able to read, write or count, even though they’ve been in school for at least four years.
Can technology (finally) disrupt this narrative? I am skeptical but still curious…
I’ll be in San Francisco on Wednesday for the NewSchools annual summit. That afternoon, I’ll be hosting a discussion about what America can learn from the best education systems in the world.
The panel features Sir Michael Barber (formerly of McKinsey and UK P.M. Blair’s administration, now at Pearson), Jon Schnur (former education adviser to Presidents Obama and Clinton, now at America Achieves) and Joanne Weiss (formerly head of Race to the Top and now Chief of Staff to Ed Sec Arne Duncan). All of these people have visited schools around the world and spent…
I’ll be giving a talk about The Unthinkable at the 9/11 Tribute Center in Manhattan on May 14 at 6:30 pm. It’s been 12 years since I began interviewing disaster survivors all over the world, starting in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. I am honored to be returning to this complicated place carrying a message of hope. Please join me if you can make it.
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Michelle Rhee