February 22, 2005: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Education: US Newswire: Aspen Institute Names Morocco RPCV Judy Wurtzel Senior Fellow in Education & Society Program
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February 22, 2005: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Education: US Newswire: Aspen Institute Names Morocco RPCV Judy Wurtzel Senior Fellow in Education & Society Program
Aspen Institute Names Morocco RPCV Judy Wurtzel Senior Fellow in Education & Society Program
Aspen Institute Names Morocco RPCV Judy Wurtzel Senior Fellow in Education & Society Program
Aspen Institute Names Judy Wurtzel Senior Fellow in Education & Society Program
2/22/2005 9:03:00 AM
To: National Desk
Contact: James Spiegelman of The Aspen Institute, 202-736-3849
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Aspen Institute announced today the appointment of education expert Judy Wurtzel as senior fellow of its Program on Education and Society. Ms. Wurtzel begins on March 1st and is to be based at the Institute's Washington, DC headquarters office at One Dupont Circle. Ms. Wurtzel succeeds Robert Shireman, who had been serving the program as senior fellow. Mr. Shireman is currently director of the Institute for College Access & Success and a visiting scholar at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley.
"Judy Wurtzel will be a great asset to our program's work, bringing a valuable perspective on federal, state and local policy as well as providing substantive links to the network of education organizations she has been engaged with prior to joining the Aspen Institute," said Nancy Pelz-Paget, director of the Program on Education and Society. Pelz-Paget added: Bob Shireman brought tremendous value to the program. We wish him well in his new endeavors." "In a period of tremendous change in American education, the Aspen Institute is a forum for thoughtful analysis and reasoned dialogue. I look forward to working with outstanding educators, policymakers and researchers in this effort to promote effective approaches to education improvement," said Ms. Wurtzel.
Judy Wurtzel most recently served as executive director of the Learning First Alliance. The Alliance is a permanent partnership of 12 leading education associations with over 10 million members that have come together to improve student learning in America's public elementary and secondary schools. During her six-year tenure, the Alliance issued action plans and studies representing its members' views on critical education issues and fostered national and state collaborations to support public education improvement.
Prior to joining the Alliance, Ms. Wurtzel was a senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Education. She initiated and led the Department's mathematics initiative, America Counts, and played a leading role in the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She also represented the Department in a range of efforts including community schools, teen pregnancy prevention, Empowerment Zones, welfare reform, and increasing children's access to health care.
Before joining the Clinton administration, Ms. Wurtzel practiced law in New York City and taught high school English as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. She graduated with a BA from Yale University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
The Aspen Institute Education and Society Program provides a consistently neutral forum for education practitioners, researchers and policy leaders to engage in focused dialogue regarding their efforts to improve student achievement, and to consider how public policy changes can affect progress. The Program is valued for its success in identifying relevant participants drawn from practitioners, researchers and policy leaders with a broad and diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives. The Program's most notable contribution lies in its ability to provide education and policy leaders with new perspectives and new ideas that they can and have acted upon.
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The Aspen Institute, founded in 1950, is an international nonprofit dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open- minded dialogue. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values. The Institute is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Its international network includes partner Aspen Institutes in Berlin, Rome, Lyon, Tokyo, and New Delhi, and leadership programs in Africa and Central America.
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