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Innovating with the Department of Education: A Conference Call with Innovation Fund Leader Jim Shelton
11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT/2 - 3:00 pm ET
4/23/2009

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Fostering innovation in American education is an important priority of President Obama’s education agenda. Philanthropy’s own Jim Shelton (formerly program director with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) was recently appointed to lead this effort within the Department of Education. You are invited to join Jim and GFE on a special teleconference to explore the Innovation Fund’s goals, how it fits within the Race to the Top Fund, the opportunities that exist for education grantmakers, and recent updates from the Department regarding the education portions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Although we will not take questions during the call, we encourage call participants to submit questions when they register for the call. GFE will select a number of these questions and will pose them to Jim during our conversation.

Registration

This conference call is free to GFE members.

As a unique membership benefit, GFE members are given registration priority. General registration will open for all interested education grantmakers after Friday, April 10, with a $50 fee for non-members. Registration closes at 5 PM PT/ 8 PM ET, Monday, April 20.

Call capacity is limited to 250 phone lines.

This exceptional opportunity was developed with the assistance of GFE's Policy Working Group.

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