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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 RSVP Not in D.C.? Bookmark this link to watch the live webcast. 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, 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, Senior Director for Technology and Society at Schmidt Futures Sara Allan, K-12 Education Strategy Leadership at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, Vice President of Policy at ExcelinEd Takeru Nagayoshi, English teacher in the New Bedford Public Schools, Massachusetts Michael Simmons, U.S. history teacher at IN-Tech Academy, New York City November 5, 2019 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET RSVP to attend this event Join the conversation on social media with #MoonshotforKids. For more information on the finalists and their proposals, visit the event page. Manage Email Preferences | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Center for American Progress | 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor | Washington, D.C. xxxxxx

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