Category Archives: General Education Pioneers Experience

Follow the Leader (Who Models)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

One of the great benefits of working at ESE in Massachusetts has been that we have a couple of Education Pioneers alumni in the office who can make meetings and connections happen. In combination with the fact that I have … Continue reading →

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Re-entering Education – My EP Recruitment

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

The Graduate Student Council meeting was particularly under-attended, but I was there, pen in hand, taking notes to disseminate to people in Howard University’s counseling psychology program. Marilyn Hylton was there, smiling pleasantly at the end of the table. I … Continue reading →

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2011 Summer Fellowship Kick-Off

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

The Education Pioneers 2011 Summer Graduate School Fellowship program is off to a great start! With two weeks underway, over 320 talented business, law, policy, and education graduate students with diverse, multi-disciplinary backgrounds will connect with leading education organizations and … Continue reading →

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School Choice

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

Is the charter school model inherently better than traditional schools? Does “school choice” leave some families on the sideline? Can a market-driven approach to education provide better outcomes for children? I’m curious to see how Workshop 4 goes; I find … Continue reading →

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EP Fellow of the Week

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

As weeks go by I have realized that I cannot really do justice to the variety of voices and expertise that every EP Fellow brings to the table. So, I will be featuring a different EP Fellow every week to tell their story … Continue reading →

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Mr. Ed Pioneers

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

I heard an anecdote at a recent Education Pioneers Workshop that went something like this: “I tell people that I won a summer fellowship with Ed. Pioneers, and take for granted that they know what I’m talking about. I realized … Continue reading →

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Foundations

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Some parts of our first Education Pioneers session resembled orientations I’ve experienced at past jobs or volunteer programs: group introductions, ice-breaker activities, organizational rules or norms, and logistics for the upcoming summer. But one difference that struck me was that … Continue reading →

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My Path to Urban Education

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

Metal detectors and security guards. More than anything else, these two images come to mind when I recall my first impressions of urban education. My first meaningful experience with inner-city youth began at a maximum-security juvenile detention facility outside of … Continue reading →

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