#  Askwith Forum | Rural Promise: Innovating to Support Rural Students 

 



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 **April 25, 2019** 

 05:30PM - 07:00PM EDT 

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 **Harvard Graduate School of Education, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

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Join CEPR and the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Thursday, April 25 as we shine a spotlight on the collaborative innovations — in classrooms, communities, and state and district leadership — driving bold new approaches to rural education and student success.Moderator: [Paul Reville, ](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/paul-reville)Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration and founding director of the Education Redesign Lab, HGSE; former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Panelists :

- [Sanford Johnson,](https://educationalequity.org/blog/sanford-johnson-returning-home-lead) deputy director of advocacy, Mississippi First
- [Tom Kane,](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/thomas-kane) Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE
- [Geoff Marietta,](https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2019/03/05/marietta-announces-resignation/)**[ ](https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2019/03/05/marietta-announces-resignation/)Ed.M.’13, Ed.D,’15,** entrepreneur-in-residence, University of the Cumberlands; former executive director, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Kentucky
- [Mara Tieken,](https://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/profile/mara-c-tieken/) **Ed.M,’06, Ed.D.’11,** associate professor of education, Bates College; author, *Why Rural Schools Matter*

 *PLEASE NOTE: Seating for this forum will be available on a first come, first seated basis.*

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 See also:- [ School Improvement &amp; Redesign ](/focus-areas/school-improvement-and-redesign)
- [ Thomas J. Kane ](/poi/thomas-j-kane)
- [ National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN) ](/projects/national-center-rural-education-research-networks-ncrern)
 
 

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