John Zitzner, President, Friends of E Prep Schools Interview 01-07-10

Building Brainpower: Our Most Competitive Regional Asset

John Zitzner, President, Friends of E Prep Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, shares a story of transforming education regardless of circumstance - the first step in revitalizing regional economic sustainability.

In this transcription of John's I-Open interview, he describes how he brings his entrepreneurial zeal and experience in building successful for profit enterprises to connect entrepreneurship and education, transforming workforce development for regional prosperity.

Learn about this successful, replicable investment model of innovation in charter school education celebrated this week, June 14, 2011 - "100% of E Prep's 8th graders and 100% of The Intergenerational School's 8th graders passed the Ohio Achievement READING Assessment. #1 in the county." - John Zitzner.

More about John's work and the work of others building successful charter schools at Breakthrough Charter Schools.

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