FORTALEZA, Brazil 鈥 A panel of distinguished school leaders from around the world sat on a giant stage earlier this month and listened to a depressing list of data points, from vast spending inequities to tales of lagging student performance. There wasn鈥檛 much hopeful news. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift For starters: While the […]
Liz Willen
Liz Willen, a longtime education journalist, has led the award-winning Hechinger Report staff as editor in chief since 2011. A sought-after moderator of education conferences and events, Willen also writes the 鈥淔rom the Editor鈥檚 Desk鈥 column and manages funder relations. Willen previously worked at an array of newspapers as well as at Bloomberg News, where she received numerous awards for writing and reporting. At 福利姬视频, she鈥檚 won awards for commentary and exemplary leadership. Willen got her start in newspapers as feature editor of 鈥淭he Rag,鈥 in Northport, New York, and spent years trying to figure out New York City's public school system, both as a reporter and a parent. She's a graduate of Tufts University and Columbia University鈥檚 Graduate School of Journalism and a board member for the Spencer Education Fellowships at Columbia.
