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Now Open: 2019 Summer Fellowship Application

By Elliot Luscombe, September 12, 2018

Applications are now open for the 2019 Education Pioneers Summer Fellowship! Apply now for our Summer Fellowship and gain meaningful education leadership experience through high-impact work and professional development. Before you submit your application, make sure you check out four ways to ace your app! In October and November, join EP staff for exclusive live webinars that feature people like you who went through the Fellowship, giving you the opportunity to speak with Alumni about what makes the EP Summer Fellowship a career-changing experience. (Nine out of 10 EP Alumni believe their...

Q&A with 2018 EPic Chicago Alum Adam Zmick, Co-Founder of Gardeneers

August 27, 2018

This past June, EP Chicago’s Alumni Board hosted its annual Agents of Change event spotlighting EP Alumni who work every day to ensure equity in education . As a part of the event, ONE EPic Chicago Alum is selected in honor of their work and dedication, and receives $1,000 to advance their professional development or to contribute back to their organization. The 2018 EPic Chicago Alum was awarded to Adam Zmick! Adam ('13) is a Chicago-land native, a Teach For America alum, and co-founded Gardeneers , which implements on-going, full-service support so every student has the opportunity to...
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Talent in Action

What does education mean to you?

August 15, 2018

Each year, EP cohorts around the nation leverage their diverse skill sets and their wealth of experience to explore education. Participating in small groups, EP Fellows design a project to examine or experience education issues through the critical lens of factors that impact access to high-quality education within the communities we serve. This year, through a series of pictures, EP Fellows in Denver captured why members of their 2018 cohort choose to work in the education sector and used that as a jumping off point for further discussion. Their reasoning behind the project? To inspire young...
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EP Updates

Bay Area Alumni and Champions Celebrate Scott Morgan

July 2, 2018

It started with an idea fueled by passion and people. Fifteen years later, Scott's vision of Education Pioneers continues to catalyze a network of thousands of Fellows, Alumni, Partners, and champions to make the education sector more equitable through leadership. Alumni and champions in the Bay Area gathered to thank Scott for 15 years of leadership and impact . (L - R: Brendan Cullen - early EP staff member; Gale Mondry - Chair of EP's Board of Directors; Melissa Wu - CEO of EP; Scott Morgan - Founder of EP; Doran Morgan, Scott's wife; Alexandra Bernadotte - EP Alumna, 2007; Jeff Kang - EP...
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