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In this Twitter Q&A, Tom Vander Ark and Activate ED (Education Pioneers' collaborative with The Broad Center and the Strategic Data Project) talk about education technology, blended learning, data in education, and what's coming next.

Read the full Q&A on Activate ED.

In this Twitter Q&A with Activate ED (@ActivateED) -- the collaborative between Education Pioneers, The Broad Center and the Strategic Data Project -- Kelly Woodham Shields, an EP Alumna and current Strategic Data Project Fellow talks about what it's like to work with data in education, lessons learned, successes, goals, and misconceptions.

Read the full conversation on Activate ED.

Scott Morgan, Education Pioneers' Founder and CEO, shared a blog post on The Huffington Post.

Called "Taking Our Schools Further, Together," Scott tells the story of Jeff Kang, an Education Pioneers Alumnus, and the role that Education Pioneers played in helping to shape Jeff's career trajectory.  Scott also talks about how we must continue to find more great leaders like Jeff for education leadership careers for U.S. education to go the distance. 

Speaking about Education Pioneers' new collaborative with The Broad Center and the Strategic Data Project to find more top leaders - called Activate ED - Scott writes, "Together we will continue to look for the best leaders, managers and analysts in the country to support, strengthen and transform urban education. We believe that collaboration is vital for success, whether in schools, districts or within the new Activate ED network."

Read the full article on The Huffington Post.

In this piece for the Huffington Post, EP National Board Member Aimee Eubanks Davis writes about the importance of Latino protagonists in children's literature both for children and for our society as a whole.

Read more at the Huffington Post.

In this post for Getting Smart, Jason Weeby, Director of Network Strategy for EP and an EP Alumnus, interviews Jack Elsey, Chief Innovations Officer for Chicago Public Schools.

Jack says, "It's exciting to have the opportunity to impact hundreds of thousands of kids in a place where innovation is embraced.  There are so many hard-working and intelligent people who are dedicated to making real progress to close the achievement gap for all students in CPS.  I'm looking forward to finding more ways to generate that kind of positive change for Chicago students and communities."

Read the interview at Getting Smart.

In this Q&A with ProFellow, EP Alumnus Chike Aguh talks about how each of the fellowships he has pursued "has provided him skills and opportunities that support his long-term goal: to reimagine and innovate the American education system so that all children and citizens, particularly the poorest, are prepared to be innovators in today's global economy."

Read more at ProFellow.com