A Talk with Bill Kurtz
A Talk with Bill Kurtz, CEO, Denver School of Science & Technology
Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 01:00 pm
Join us in our series entitled "Cultural Barriers to Renewing Education" as we talk with Bill Kurtz, CEO of Denver School of Science & Technology (see bio below.) Mr. Kurtz will be discussing what it looks like to engage in transforming culture in public education with a gospel worldview.
Sunday, April 18, 1pm
Hunter College
Main Building, Rm C-002 (below auditorium)
Light hors d'oeuvres will be provided. Please register using the link below.
Bill currently serves as the CEO of DSST Public Schools, a charter school management organization that is opening five secondary schools in Denver serving 4,000 students in the next five years. Bill was the Founding Head of School of the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST), a secondary school that is the flagship school of DSST Public Schools. The school has become an exemplar for high school reform and a leader in STEM education nationwide. The combination of the school's highly significant year-to-year student learning growth, extraordinarily diverse student population, innovative school culture, and 100% college acceptance rate for its graduates has made DSST a change agent for local public schools and a destination for high school reformers from all over the country. In 2008, Bill was named one of 25 champions of public education in Denver over the last 25 years by the Public Education Business Coalition. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education MAT program.
Prior to joining DSST, Bill served as Principal of Link Community School, an independent middle school located in Newark, New Jersey. He has also served as an Assistant Principal at Holy Cross School in the South Bronx, NY and worked as an investment banker at JP Chase in New York City. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in political science and received the senior prize for the best political science thesis. In 1998, he earned an M.A. from Columbia University’s Teachers College in educational administration and leadership. Bill and his wife were members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church while they lived in New York and are current members of Denver Presbyterian Church.
Contact:
www.faithandwork.org