Champions of Change: Transforming India through G2B Partnership - An
initiative by PM Narendra Modi India is on a high growth trajectory and this growth needs to be accelerated while realizing the honourable Prime Minister's vision
of «Sabka Sa...
The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive
change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both
of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate
of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders
of the Raikes Foundation and part
of the founding team
of Microsoft, who have become
champions of school improvement by establishing national
initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.