Center for American Progress

Moonshot for Kids
Presented by the Center for American Progress and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
November 5, 2019, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET

National Union Building
918 F St. NW
Washington, DC 20004

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What would happen if we invested $1 billion or more in bold education R&D initiatives designed to generate fresh but evidence-backed solutions to some of education's toughest challenges?

Join the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute (TBFI) for a Shark Tank-style competition <[link removed]>, where 10 early-round finalists present their billion-dollar Moonshot ideas to a panel of tough judges, all for a chance to win $10,000 and have their idea propelled to widespread attention and potential major investment. Each finalist's proposal will address one of these urgent issues:
*Reducing the number of fourth graders reading below the Basic level by half
*Doubling the amount of high-quality feedback middle school students receive
*Achieving universal college and career counseling for all students before the ninth grade
*Doubling the number of eighth graders who can write an effective persuasive essay
*Doubling the number of young women majoring in STEM fields

OUR "SHARKS" ARE:
Kumar Garg <[link removed]>, Senior Director for Technology and Society at Schmidt Futures

Sara Allan <[link removed]>, K-12 Education Strategy Leadership at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds <[link removed]>, Vice President of Policy at ExcelinEd

Takeru Nagayoshi, English teacher in the New Bedford Public Schools, Massachusetts

Michael Simmons <[link removed]>, U.S. history teacher at IN-Tech Academy, New York City

November 5, 2019
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET

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