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BLACK ENTERPRISE to hold symposium on how schools and businesses can use technology to close Achievement Gap
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – Columbus, Ohio – Black Enterprise, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, present “Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce.”
The Symposium is part of an educational series aimed to cultivate a conversation between the academic and business communities. The Columbus event will focus on how schools can partner with businesses to create innovative learning models and improve the academic performance of K-12 and post-secondary students through the use of new technology.
The event will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m (local time) and will be hosted at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Grand Ballroom, 400 N High St., in Columbus, Ohio.
Confirmed moderators of the symposium include:
– Omar Wasow, Co-Founder, BlackPlanet.com/Co-Founder, Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
– Henry Hipps, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Members of the Panel: Bringing Innovation to Education:
– Dr. Bernard Harris, President & CEO, The Harris Foundation
– David Banks, President & CEO, Eagle Academy Foundation
– Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President, CEO & Chairman, DreamBox Learning
Members of the Panel: Creating New Learning Models Through Technology:
– Mike Green, Co-Founder, America21 Project
– Will Lucas, Founder/CEO, Classana
– Mandela Schumacher-Hodge, Co-founder/COO, Tioki
– Jarvis Sulcher Ph.D., Executive Director, Level Playing Field Institute
Additional Program Participants include:
– Mayor Michael B. Coleman, City of Columbus
– Joe Scantlebury, Senior Program Officer for Policy Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
– Earl “Butch” Graves, President/CEO, BLACK ENTERPRISE
– Derek Dingle, SVP/Editor-in-Chief, BLACK ENTERPRISE
About BLACK ENTERPRISE: BLACK ENTERPRISE is the premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans. Since 1970, BLACK ENTERPRISE has provided essential business information and advice to professionals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and decision makers.
Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine provides 4.1 million readers with information on entrepreneurship, careers, and financial management. A multimedia company, BLACK ENTERPRISE also produces television programming, business and lifestyle events, Web content, and digital media. BLACK ENTERPRISE is the definitive source of information for and about African American business markets and leaders, and the authority on black business news and trends.
Source: Black Enterprise