Malden Resident Participates in Education Pioneers Annual Graduate School Fellowship

Boston, Mass. – Education Pioneers, a nonprofit that attracts, prepares and advances top leaders and managers to accelerate excellence in education, is pleased to announce that Malden resident Habib Bangura will participate in this year’s Graduate School Fellowship at Boston Public Schools.

In 2013, nearly 7,000 top graduate students and early career professionals applied to participate in the selective Education Pioneers Fellowship programs, a more than 70 percent increase in applications from 2012.  Of the applicants, approximately 450 top candidates have been selected to participate in the 2013 Fellowships.

Education Pioneers’ Graduate School Fellowship is an intensive 10-week summer or yearlong fellowship that recruits emerging professionals from diverse fields to manage short-term, mission-critical projects and initiatives for partner education organizations. This year, Education Pioneers has placed more than 40 graduate students in the greater Boston area who will work at prominent educational institutions including Boston Public Schools, Chelsea Public Schools, Teach for America and Year Up!

“We have an amazing group of Fellows who will be able to support the important work of the organization they will be placed with during their Fellowship to accelerate change,” said Kimberly Zouzoua, Executive Director, Northern Region for Education Pioneers. “Since Education Pioneers’ inception in Boston in 2005, 84 percent of greater Boston alumni are now working full-time in the education sector. Our Fellowship programs provide talented students and professionals with a great insight to the education field and afford them with future job and networking opportunities.”

During their Fellowships, Education Pioneers Fellows work outside the classroom to help implement or advance important initiatives that directly support teaching and learning success inside the classroom. Fellows also work alongside industry experts and cohort peers, and learn about key education challenges to deepen their understanding of the complexities of K-12 public education. Beyond their Fellowships, more than 70 percent of Education Pioneers’ Alumni in the workforce nationally have chosen to work full-time in the education sector.

About Education Pioneers

Education Pioneers mobilizes and prepares a national network of talented leaders and managers to accelerate excellence in education and transform our education system into one that equips all students with the skills they need to thrive in college, career, and life. Through the organization's Fellowship and Alumni programs, Education Pioneers increases the talent supply of top leaders in education to improve the leadership capacity in key education organizations—such as school districts, charter school organizations, and nonprofits—and to advance the goal to make education the best led and managed sector in the U.S.

More information about Education Pioneers can be found at www.educationpioneers.org.