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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A Conversation on Personalizing Education Tutorpedia Foundation Fundraiser: For The Love of Education - San Francisco

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A Conversation on Personalizing Education

Tutorpedia Foundation

Our Wednesday, February 15th fundraising event at 111 Minna Gallery from 6-9pm in downtown San Francisco will feature a panel conversation focusing on the most effective ways to personalize education for our students.

Our list of speakers includes:

  • Alan Lowenthal, State Senator and Chair of Senate Education Committee
  • Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor, Stanford University School of Education, Author of "The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future"
  • Ninive Calegari, Co-Founder and Executive Director, 826 Valencia, Author of"Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers"
  • Kyle Beckham, Teacher, Downtown High School, SFUSD

The event will provide delicious hors d'oeuvres, desserts, no-host bar, silent auction, and raffle. Prizes include weekends in Napa and Mendocino, sports luxury suites, and dinners at the Bay Area's best restaurants. All money raised at the event will go to providing free tutoring for low-income students in the Bay Area. Visit www.tutorpediafoundation.org for more info, or call (415) 948-1585.

Check out Ashanti, one of our scholarship students, and her tutor Sarah: