DIANE TAVENNER’S NEW GIG AND OUR UPDATED SUMMIT FACT SHEET AS IT MOVES FURTHER INTO CHAN-ZUCKERBERG’S CONTROL
Diane Tavenner is appearing in NYC on Nov. 6, to talk about her new 
book with Angela Duckworth, sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation. You can RSVP here, “for an intimate conversation between two of America’s leading CEOs, educators, researchers and mothers.” Doors open at 5:30 with a cocktail reception. According to the invitation, “Each attendee will receive a copy of Prepared and will have the opportunity to have it signed by the author.”
book with Angela Duckworth, sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation. You can RSVP here, “for an intimate conversation between two of America’s leading CEOs, educators, researchers and mothers.” Doors open at 5:30 with a cocktail reception. According to the invitation, “Each attendee will receive a copy of Prepared and will have the opportunity to have it signed by the author.”
As our updated Summit fact sheet explains, the controversial Summit Learning Platform that has aroused such fierce opposition from parents and students alike at public schools across the nation has now been handed off to a new organization called T.L.P., run by a board led by Mark Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan.
Diane Tavenner continues to run the west coast chain of Summit charter schools, which are involved in ongoing battles with teachers intent on organizing a new union. At the same time, Taverner is launching a bunch of new initiatives, including promoting her new book that features advice for parents called “Prepared: What Kids Need For a Fulfilled Life.
The book has its own website as well as a glowing blurbs from Todd Rose, director of Harvard Graduate School of Education, Angela Duckworth, Linda Darling Hammond and Wendy Kopp. According to Amazon, the book is #30 in Charter Schools, #65 in Education Leadership and #97 in Business Education.
The website says that the book will be “Your Roadmap to What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life” and will educate parents that their children “deserve opportunities to discover their unique interests and talents” as well as “pursue the lives they want to live—filled with financial security, CONTINUE READING: Diane Tavenner’s new gig and our updated Summit fact sheet as it moves further into Chan-Zuckerberg’s control | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy