ASKING QUESTIONS, EXPLORING OPTIONS, CHANGING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Filed Under: Amanda Nicolo, Library
Posted by: Amanda Nicolo
I’ll admit I’m not well-informed on the topic of libraries. The space libraries hold—or no longer hold— in our communities has been a nagging presence in my thoughts for some time, and I feel compelled to ask the REEP community:
What about our libraries?
Filed Under: AEI, Amanda Nicolo, Arne Duncan, Eddie Awards, Education Next, Education Policy, Eric Osberg, Policy Innovators in Education Network, Public Policy, Rick Hess, Secretary of Education, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Posted by: Amanda Nicolo
REEP is thrilled to hear of news of Rick Hess, REEP Summer Institute lecturer and faculty member, receiving two national nominations for an education ‘Eddie’ award in the category of “Most Actionable Research.” (more…)
Filed Under: Amanda Nicolo, Childhood Obesity, Kids Nutrition, Kirsten Tobey, Kristin Richmond, Nutrition Guidelines for Schools, Obesity Rates in US, Public School Nutrition, Revolution Foods, School Cafeteria
Posted by: Amanda Nicolo
Houston schools are experiencing a thrilling food revolution. Allow me to repeat that for dramatic effect: A food revolution. Here in Houston. Courtesy of Revolution Foods and a serving of savvy social entrepreneurship.
As referenced from a 2010 New York Times article, co-founders Kirsten Tobey and Kristin Richmond, alums of UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, “have worked on Wall Street, traveled the world and taught school from East Africa to Ecuador. Now they make lunch for a living.”
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Andrea Hodge is the Executive Director of the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) at Rice University.
