Tutorpedia Foundation's 2nd Annual Benefit: A Conversation on Personalizing Education

111 Minna St, San Francisco, CA | Get Directions »
$35.00

A Conversation on Personalizing Education

Admission to the Tutorpedia Foundation Fundraiser is just $35. This is also the same cost of providing one hour of free one-on-one tutoring to low-income students. All money raised at the event provides free tutoring for low-income students.

You can read further, but if you know this is the event for you, well, step right on up and register today! http://bit.ly/tutor-raiser2011
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The Tutorpedia Foundation Fundraiser is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in San Francisco. Our 2nd Annual Fundraiser will feature a panel conversation focusing on the most effective ways to personalize education for our students. Panelists include:

•Vicki Abeles: director of Race to Nowhere (www.racetonowhere.com), a critically acclaimed documentary on the darkside of America's achievement culture

•Dennis Littky: co-founder and co-director of Big Picture Learning (www.bigpicture.org), a nonprofit network of 80 small charter schools across the country that focuses on personalized learning and internships

•Farb Nivi: founder of Grockit (www.grockit.com), an online test-prep company that offers peer tutoring, professional tutoring, and collaborative games with students studying for the SAT and ACT
The evening’s agenda:

6:00 - 6:30 pm Arrive
6:30 - 7:30 pm Panel Conversation + Audience Q&A
7:30 - 9:00 pm Auction & Raffle

The event will provide hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar. Admission is $35, which is the cost of providing one hour of free one-on-one tutoring by the Foundation. VIP tickets are $50, which includes admission plus 2 raffle tickets. Teacher tickets are $20, and students (21+) get in free. All money raised at the event provides free tutoring for low-income students in the Bay Area. Visit www.tutorpediafoundation.org for more info, or call (415) 948-1585. See our invitation at http://www.tutorpediafoundation.org/eblastimages/foundationevent.jpg.

Listen to two students who benefited from our tutoring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYLCcC6h-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwrAP0zYiZU&feature=related