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Dan Hall and Education Pioneers colleagues at Teach For America HQ
- 13 Sep 2019
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
Second-year student and Social Enterprise Fellow, Dan Hall, shares his experience working at Uncommon Schools in New York City. [...]
There’s a lively and robust education sector community within Harvard Business School and you can learn a valuable set of skills and perspectives to take into the education field. [...]
Charlotte Steel, a former political science major at Brown, was inspired to become a teacher after taking a “Politics of Education” class at her alma mater. When applying to business school, Charlotte had concerns about whether she had the appropriate background to become an MBA student. Her fears were quickly allayed when she visited HBS for a class visit – and she discovered the student admissions rep who picked her up was a former TFA teacher. [...]
The JD/MBA Program is the oldest of the joint degree programs at Harvard. A four year offering, students may apply to both schools concurrently, or apply during the first year of study at either HLS or HBS. Because of the flexibility of the program, it typically attracts a diverse set of students interested in business, law, and public service. Tian Feng and Zach Sokoloff are both third years in the program and are here to answer some questions about their experiences. [...]
A native Miamian, HBS alum Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) spent the early part of her career working as a Teach for America corps member in her hometown. In 2013, after a brief interlude in consulting, Maxeme was named the Executive Director of Teach for America for Miami-Dade. [...]