Each year The Education Alliance hosts two regional EDTalk® events across West Virginia. Each event is an education-based speaker series designed to engage business, education, and community leaders in innovative discussions about connecting education, jobs and West Virginia’s future from diverse perspectives. In 2020, The Education Alliance will host two virtual EDTalks® by Zoom on supporting public education during the COVID-19 crisis in West Virginia.

The second EDTalk® will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 11 am to 12 pm. This event is open to the public with free registration through May 19.The topic of this event will be Learning in Crisis: District and School Takeaways.

The event will feature EDTalks® presentations by:

• Dr. Shelby Haines, Marshall County Superintendent
• Ms. Jennifer Schwertfeger, WV Teacher of the Year, Cameron High School
• Superintendent Tom Rooney, Lindsay Unified School District of California

The 2020 EDTalks® speaker series is sponsored by Dow, Inc. (gold) and Bowles Rice LLP (silver). For more information or to register online, contact Olivia McCuskey at [email protected] or 304-382-1497.