U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Speaking at Clark – March 14th

The Sixth Annual Lee Gurel ’48 Lecture

Featuring United States Senator Elizabeth Warren

and

The First Gurel Symposium on Education

 NEXT GEN LEARNING:  Opportunities for urban education in the new federal law

Monday, March 14th, 10:00 am to 12 noon

Atwood Hall, Clark University

Clark University welcomes United States Senator Elizabeth Warren for the sixth annual Gurel Lecture. As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Senator Warren played an influential role in the passage of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act. Senator Warren will outline her views on this new legislation and federal education policy.

Senator Warren’s keynote remarks will be followed by a panel of leading education experts. Panelists will share perspectives on the range of skills students will need to thrive in the future, and their views on how the new federal law positions urban communities to provide the deeper learning experiences—in the classroom and beyond—that their students will need to gain a full complement of these 21st century skills.

The Gurel Lecture and Symposium are co-sponsored by Clark University’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise and MassINC. The event is free and open to the public.

Panelists:

  • Nick Donohue, President and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
  • Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Kennedy School of Government and Director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University
  • Dr. Dianne Kelly, Superintendent, Revere Public Schools
  • Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director, National Center for Innovation in Education

Moderator:Dr. Katerine Bielaczyc, Director of the Hiatt Center for Urban Education and Associate Professor of Education, Clark University

The Gurel Lecture and Symposium are co-sponsored by Clark University’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise and MassINC. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the event, please contact the Mosakowski Institute’s Lisa Coakley at (508) 421-3872 or lcoakley@clarku.edu.