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The final application deadline for the 2012-2013 Education Pioneers Analyst Fellowship is Friday, March 30, 2012.

Education Pioneers is looking for talented and ambitious analysts who can accelerate excellence in education. Are you ready for the challenge?

If you have a bachelor's degree, at least two years of experience in a highly analytical role, and are ready to take on a new challenge, we want to hear from you.

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The Education Pioneers Analyst Fellowship is a 10-month, full-time, paid leadership development program. Analyst Fellows leverage their business skills and knowledge in some of the nation's largest school districts, top charter school organizations, and education nonprofits.

The Analyst Fellowship isn't just about a meaningful experience where you can "give back" and contribute your skills for a good cause, it can also help you advance your career regardless of whether or not you're planning to stay in the education sector immediately after the Fellowship.

Here are three ways the Analyst Fellowship can make a difference...

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GSB grads head into education

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
By Taylor Grossman

Graduates of Stanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB) are pursuing a more diverse array of careers of late, according to the GSB's Career Management Center. Many of these graduates are looking to the education industry rather than business or finance.

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Education Pioneers, a nonprofit that places graduate student fellows into education organizations to gain experience in the industry, has been a starting point for many GSB students.

"I think the opportunity to do well by kids, particularly low-income kids, makes an education profession a really attractive one," said Liam Garland, Bay Area managing director of Education Pioneers.

Read the article at The Stanford Daily

In this NBC Nightly News story, Graduate School Fellowship Alumna Ulcca Joshi Hansen (2009, Boston), Executive Director of Boettcher Teacher Programs, speaks about urban teacher residencies!

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Read his entry here

Read Her Entry Here

NewSchools, a partner of EP, spotlights our Alumna, Alex Bernadotte. 

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Alex moved to the United States with her family when she was a young girl. Her parents encouraged Alex to view getting into college as an important goal. But, once she received her admission letter to Dartmouth University, Alex found many challenges still lay ahead for her. Alex Bernadotte created Beyond 12 to help bridge the gap between K-12 and higher education to ensure that all students succeed in college.

Watch the Video Here

Many business students pursue careers in education technology, management, and policy.

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Over the past year or two, education has become a much more desirable field for M.B.A.'s, says Kazakoff, who holds an M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. "Being in the ed tech space, I see how blazingly fast this became a big deal," he says. "It's low paying and nontraditional, but the resources to pursue a career in education are much better." 

One resource that Kazakoff cites is Education Pioneers, a nonprofit founded in 2003 that places graduate students in leadership and management roles at more than 160 partnering educational institutions. Education Pioneers has seen a "steady increase" since its inception in the number of M.B.A. students-who typically make up about 25 percent of the applicant pool-applying for fellowships, says Julie Angilly, the nonprofit's vice president of external relations.

Read more at US News & World Report

Education Pioneers Alumnus, Alex Poltorak, is spotlighted in The Huffington Post for his organization, The Urban Canopy, which aims to bring rooftop farming to Chicago. His goal is to install a 3,000 square foot farm on the rooftop of the organization's base, a previously vacant 93,500 square foot meatpacking facility, in order to produce fresh food for the community that surrounds it.

Read the article here.