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Education Pioneers' Houston Board member, Mike Webster, authors a piece outlining 10 key conversations that need to change in the education sector, in order to promote student achievement and success.

Webster is a former high school teacher as well as a professional developer at a local education fund.  He currently works at a council of government in Houston, Texas, as a liaison to the education industry. 

Read the blog post here.

In this blog post for the The W. Haywood Burns Institute, "Becoming Steve Jobs," Alumna Anna Wong (2004, Bay Area) reflects on Steve Jobs' school experience, and how a teacher changed his life.  What's more, she points out how the opportunities afforded to Jobs must be the norm, not the exception.

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Education Pioneers is thrilled to see a number of our outstanding Partner organizations' founders recognized in Forbes "Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs!"  Congratulations to Genesys Works, KIPP Foundation, New Leaders, KaBoom, Teach For America, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, College Summit, Playworks and all who made the list!

Read the list here.

Education Pioneers is featured in The Harbus, Harvard Business School's newspaper!

Education Pioneers' Founder and CEO Scott Morgan said, "We are looking for people who want a lot of responsibility early in their career to apply their skills to some of the most pressing and important challenges that we face."

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Five Education Pioneers Alumni from our 2011 Graduate School Fellowship -- Carey Hawkins Ash (Los Angeles, '11), Kye Hawkins (Chicago, '11), Tony Laing (Boston, '11), Montrischa Williams (Chicago, '11), and Qiana Woodard (Chicago, '11) -- are featured in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Education 2011 Profile!

Download the report here (our Alums are on page 16).

http://www.educationpioneers.org/news-and-events/ep-in-the-news

How can we effectively support and evaluate teachers' performance?

Three Education Pioneers Alumni -- Claire E. Durwood, Jennie Y. Jiang, and Sheri Frost Leo -- contributed to this research report from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, which examines Chicago Public Schools' Teaching in Excellence Pilot.

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Outstanding alumna, Kristin Richmond, and Kirsten Tobey, Co-Founders of Revolution Foods were named to CNN Money's 40 Under 40: Ones to Watch!

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Alumnus Anthony Johnson, Associate Principal of Merced High School in California, has helped the school gain 68 API points in the last three years, making it one of the highest performing schools in California.

More than 70% of Merced High School's students are considered socioeconomically disadvantaged, but thanks to the hard work of Anthony and the school's teachers and staff, they are beating the odds.

Among other best practices, Anthony cites the importance of teachers' relationships with students. 

"Research says if we want to 'take it to the next level,' you have to have relationships with students if you want rigor and relevance. Relationships make that possible," Johnson said. "If a student knows you care and you're invested in making them successful, they will stretch themselves to the next level."

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