What an incredible night of folks interested in learning and talking about how we can better our current education system. The theater was completely packed with 430 guests in the gorgeous St. George’s Madeira Hall on Wednesday, June 3. THANK YOU to HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS for presenting this event… Governor Gina Raimondo for giving opening remarks and inspiring the audience to take action… Our event host St. George’s School… Our year-round supporting sponsors The Strand Hotel, New York, NY, The Newport Daily News, Minuteman Press, GoLocalProv, Lexington Partners, Kirby Perkins Construction, and Franklin & Company Design Associates… Our wonderful panel consisting of Ted Dintersmith (Executive Producer of Most Likely to Succeed), Dennis Littky (Co-Founder of Big Picture Learning and College Unbound and Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Met School), Adeola Oredola (Former Director of “Youth In Action”), and moderator Warren Simmons (Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University) And of course our incredible volunteers! Photo Credit: J. Clancy Photography (www.clancycreative.com)
