Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 5, 2001

Volume 30, Number 5

Benno C. Schmidt Jr.

Former Yale president to discuss public education

Former president of Yale Benno C. Schmidt Jr. will speak in the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Oct. 12.

His talk, "Reinventing Public Education," will be held at noon in Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 432-9935.

Schmidt is currently chair of the board of directors of the Edison Schools, a public company, which enters into partnerships with public education authorities to create innovative public schools. Based on their comprehensive research and design, Edison offers a curriculum based on clear standards and careful assessment, professional development for teachers, state-of-the-art technology, an extended school day and year, and school organization that allows teams of teachers to work with students over several years.

As of the 2000-2001 academic year, Edison was operating 135 elementary, middle and high schools in 21 states and the District of Columbia, either in partnerships with local school districts or as charter schools. Edison schools serve some 75,000 students and employ about 6,000 educators.

Schmidt has led Edison since 1992, after serving as Yale University's 20th president. Before beginning his tenure at Yale in 1986, he was dean of Columbia University Law School, where he joined the faculty in 1969. He is a leading scholar of the Constitution, the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, the law of freedom of expression and the history of race relations in America. He received both B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale.

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