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By Learning Forward
February 2013
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Q&A with Carina Wong
Carina Wong, deputy director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks with Learning Forward Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh about the foundation’s investment in iPD.
Carina Wong
Carina Wong is deputy director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She leads the foundation’s program work on teacher supports related to standards, assessment, curriculum, and instruction and on student supports related to games as learning and assessment, creating a college-going culture, and academic motivation and engagement.
Wong has worked in education policy at the national, state, and local levels for 15 years. She was director of the Bureau of Assessment and Accountability at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, where she implemented No Child Left Behind reforms for the state.
Previously, she worked in the Philadelphia School District as part of a $150 million Annenberg Challenge Grant and served as director of youth policy and education at the Washington, D.C.-based National Center on Education and the Economy.
Most recently, Wong was executive director of the Chez Panisse Foundation, where she led that organization in addressing a range of issues such as implementing a districtwide healthy meal program and developing tools to replicate a national hands-on kitchen and garden educational program.
Districts Participating in iPD Challenge
| Location | Number of students | % free/reduced lunch | Number of teachers |
| Fresno, Calif. | 75,000 | 83% | 3,100 |
| Long Beach, Calif. (former Broad Prize winner) | 85,000 | 69% | 3,400 |
| Bridgeport, Conn. | 21,000 | 98% | 1,380 |
| New Haven, Conn. | 20,000 | 73% | 1,570 |
| Jefferson County, Colo. | 86,000 | 33% | 4,870 |
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