ULI San Antonio Coffee Talk with Joel Harris at City Education Partners

When

2019-05-14
2019-05-14T08:00:00 - 2019-05-14T09:00:00
America/Chicago

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    Where

    The Garage at Pearl 250 E Grayson (corner of Karnes & Emma Koehler) San Antonio, TX 78215 UNITED STATES

    Contact

    [email protected]

    210-887-0051

    Pricing

    Late Pricing Begins May 16 Members Non-Members
    Private FREE $15.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit FREE $15.00
    Retired FREE N/A
    Student FREE $15.00
    Under Age 35 FREE $15.00
    Join ULI Young Leaders Group for a Coffee Talk & Tour of City Education Partners with Founder & Executive Director, Joel Harris. Special Guest, Donald Manekin, Founding Member, Seawall Development Company will also be there. FREE for ULI Members!
     
    City Education Partners is creating new, model public schools and attracting innovative educators who inspire and empower San Antonio children to be college and career-ready upon graduation. They bring funders, school leaders, business people and community members together to create transformative public schools and pathways for educators. These innovative change agents are building high-quality education opportunities for SA families living within the urban core.
     
    Their objective is powerful partnerships…to work together with partners to develop innovative grants, programs and projects that create groundbreaking public schools for San Antonio. Those partners include SAISD, South San ISD, Edgewood ISD, GreatHearts, BASIS, KIPP SA Public Schools, IDEA Public Schools, RELAY/Lab Schools and more.
     
     
    LOCATION:
    City Education Partners is located in The Garage Building at Pearl (former Aveda and Cogeco space), found at the northeast corner of Emma Koehler & Karnes St. behind the Pearl Stable and across the street from the Full Goods Building. 

    Speaker

    Joel Harris

    Executive Director, City Education Partners

    Joel Harris is the Founder and Executive Director of City Education Partners (CEP). Before CEP, Joel worked as a management consultant for large urban districts and state offices implementing complex reforms. Joel also founded KIPP University Prep High School in San Antonio and he has taught multiple subjects for grades 6-12 in traditional public and charter schools in Tennessee and Mississippi. He has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and holds a B.A. from Rhodes College and an M.A. from the University of Mississippi. Joel and his wife Cayce have three kids in public schools and two more learning their ABC’s. He is the winner of the 2016 San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon.

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