Business
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
