Addressing Education Inequality

Brett Wigdortz, Founder and CEO, Teach First | Dzameer Dzulkifli, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Teach for Malaysia

27-Jan-15 15:00

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Brett Wigdortz of Teach First and Dzameer Dzulkifli of Teach for Malaysia both lead non-profit organizations which seeks to address education inequality by recruiting top graduates from the best universities and commit them to teach in high need schools for at least two years. We speak to them about the challenges and criticism of this private-public partnership model.

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Tags: teach first, teach for malaysia, education inequality

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