Frederick Hess

Speaking about his lively new volume, The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship: Possibilities for School Reform (Harvard Education Press, 2008), Hess will explain that demand for quality education does not necessarily produce quality supply and that familiar efforts have failed to foster the necessary climate for breakthrough advances in K-12 schooling. In particular, he will consider barriers to entry that prohibit or obstruct entrepreneurial endeavors, the scarcity of venture capital for fueling entrepreneurial activities, the inadequate efforts to encourage a population of entrepreneurial educators and reformers, the necessity for additional research and development, and the need for quality control in the burgeoning K-12 entrepreneurial sector.

RSVP to reep@rice.edu or call Kenya White at 713-348-4341 by November 7, 2008 if you are able to join us for an insightful discussion from one of the country's leading scholars on education reform.

Note: Free parking will be available in the Central Parking Garage. Parking validations will be given at the event. Event signs will be posted from entrances 1, 8, and 20 to direct you to the Jones School. 

The Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program
The Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) combines a business school education with an intensive educational entrepreneurship curriculum so current and future school leaders will be prepared to address the complex challenges in today's educational environment.  More information is available at http://reep.rice.edu

KIPP
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, was founded in Houston in 1994. Since that time, more than 57 KIPP schools have opened in 17 states and the District of Columbia.  More information about KIPP Houston can be found at http://www.kipphouston.org