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James “Jim” Shelton is president of the Chan Zuckerberg Education Initiative. He was most recently president and chief impact officer of 2U, Inc. Previously, Shelton was a deputy secretary at the US Department of Education and head of its Office of Innovation and Improvement, managing a portfolio that included most of the department’s competitive programs, including i3 and Promise Neighborhoods. He has been program director for education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, East Coast lead for NewSchools Venture Fund, and co-founder of school management company LearnNow. He launched, acquired, and operated education-related businesses with Knowledge Universe Inc. and was a senior manager at McKinsey & Company’s Atlanta office.
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Students today face a complex, economically competitive future. Yet in too many schools, they are missing a critical piece of their education. Our K-12 schools appropriately e...