Bamberg selected as panelist for NBC’s Education Nation Summit

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During the fall semester, Aldine ISD Superintendent Dr. Wanda Bamberg was selected as a panelist as part of NBC News’ Education Nation Summit, held at the Rockefeller Center in New York.

The panel Bamberg formed a part of discussed, “Shrinking the Achievement Gap: Is education the civil rights issue of our time?” Joining her on the panel were Roland Fryer, a professor at Harvard and CEO of EdLabs; Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Color People); Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund; Janet Murguia, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, and Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia.

NBC News’ Education Nation Summit was the centerpiece of a weeklong “Education Nation” initiative which convened the foremost policymakers, elected officials, thought leaders, educators, members of the business community and engaged citizens in a national discussion about the challenges, potential solutions and innovations spanning today’s education landscape.