BOSTON, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovation For Equity, Inc. (IFE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting innovative ways to improve life outcomes for Black learners of all ages, will bring its third annual summer summit online this year, offering a timely series of interactive virtual events that will explore ways to address the challenges facing the education space in the COVID-19 era and beyond. The sessions?on June 23, July 15, and Aug. 6?are free and open to the public.
Founded in 2018 by a cross-disciplinary group of African American education leaders, among them superintendents, entrepreneurs, scholars, policymakers and more, Innovation For Equity has swiftly grown from a small group of committed individuals into an essential and active community that is pacesetting, collaborating and leading the way in addressing deep-rooted inequities in the U.S. education system and closing the learning gap for the Black students. The nonprofit is sponsored by a number of key partners, including learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Vistria Group, New Leaders and more.
"IFE is rooted in collaboration and connection. We believe that by drawing together the perspectives of education leaders from across public and private sectors, we can apply innovative, fresh thinking to pervasive challenges in the space," said Matthew Mugo Fields, EVP and General Manager, Supplemental and Intervention Solutions at HMH and co-founder of IFE. "Our conversations this summer are all the more urgent as we navigate an education system forever altered by the pandemic. We will work together to mitigate learning disruption as well as seek new opportunities to advance educational equity for the benefit of Black learners."
In addition to its annual summit, generally held each August in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Innovation For Equity also organizes an emerging leaders fellowship program, hosts an annual awards and recognition program and commissions ongoing research. Each event corresponds with these key founding initiatives; learn more here and register today:
To register for this year's IFE Summit Event Series, visit Innovation For Equity.
About Innovation For Equity
Founded nearly two years ago by a diverse, accomplished group of education, technology, policy and business leaders, Innovation For Equity, Inc. (IFE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting innovative ways to improve life outcomes for Black learners of all ages. IFE's mission is to commit to equity, with a focus on scaling innovative and effective solutions and increasing African American leadership across the education ecosystem.
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Katie Marshall
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
617-351-5057
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SOURCE Innovation For Equity, Inc.; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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