Yale Daily News Quotes Turnaround’s Melanie Mullan

The seventh annual Yale School of Management Education Leadership Conference brought together nearly 700 attendees for a two-day event featuring 18 panels. Among the attending organizations were Democrats for Education Reform, the KIPP Foundation, Teach for America, City Year, Achievement First and Turnaround for Children.

Vice President, Program, Melanie Mullen was among the speakers and quoted in the Yale Daily News’ roundup of the event. Here is an excerpt:

“At a panel about creating “diverse coalitions” to better address the achievement gap, panelist Melanie Mullan, vice president for the nonprofit Programs of Turnaround for Children, noted that poverty has “traumatic” effects on kids.”

Read the full article here: Education Reformers Convene in New Haven via Yale Daily News.