Moses Brown School Hosts Annual Education Summit

Moses Brown School Hosts Annual Education Summit

Moses Brown School held its fifth 2030 Forum, an annual summit for exploring the future of education. This year’s objective was to help design new models for student civic engagement.

 At the start of the current school year, Head of School Matt Glendinning posed the question: How can we help students engage more actively in their communities, applying what they’re learning in school to make a positive difference in the world?

 MB welcomed 60 creative collaborators from several community organizations to propose solutions: Inspiring Minds, Reach Out and Read RI, Dorcas International, Brown, DownCity Design, BIF, MET Center & School, Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence, Outpost Journal, PASA, Swearer Center, Leadership+Design, Friends Council on Education, RI Foundation, American Friends Service Committee, URI Business Engagement Center, Phoenix House, and Blackstone Academy, as well as many others.

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 The final result was Camp Chow, a proposed two-week long summer camp that will focus on business/entrepreneurship through hunger and food sustainability in Rhode Island.

 For a full list of those who attended, visit http://issuu.com/moses_brown_school/docs/lookbook.

Founded in 1784, Moses Brown School is an independent, college preparatory school in Providence, Rhode Island, enrolling 775 boys and girls, nursery through grade 12. The school's founder – an innovative thinker, philanthropist, and entrepreneur named Moses Brown – envisioned a progressive school that defined excellence. Today, his Quaker school continues to help children reach their full potential, and to do both well and good in the world.