School the World
Kate Curran has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Kate started their career as a Judicial Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut from September 1994 to August 1995. Afterwards, they worked as a Judicial Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from August 1995 to August 1996.
In 2000, Kate joined GE Capital as a Vice President, External Affairs. During their tenure which lasted until August 2007, they played a crucial role in shaping public policy on consumer finance matters in the United States and Latin America. Kate was respected for being a change agent and a thoughtful advocate for responsible business practices.
Most notably, in 2009, Kate founded School the World, an organization dedicated to combating extreme poverty by providing quality education to impoverished children. Kate'swork involved not only building schools, but also creating sustainable book supplies, training teachers, and engaging parents. Through this multi-faceted approach, Kate aimed to foster ownership, pride, and passion for education among the world's poorest children.
Overall, Kate Curran's work experience reflects a commitment to social impact and a drive to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Kate Curran completed their Bachelor of Arts in English at the College of the Holy Cross from 1981 to 1985. Kate later pursued a Juris Doctor degree at Quinnipiac University School of Law, which they successfully completed from 1991 to 1994. In 2018, they enrolled in the MIT Sloan School of Management to earn an Executive Certificate in Management & Leadership, which they are currently pursuing.
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School the World
School the World is a non-profit organization committed to solving extreme poverty through the power of education. We believe all children love to learn, want to learn and are capable of learning. We believe all parents want a better life for their children and all teachers prefer motivation and achievement to apathy and failure. Nevertheless, we recognize that the complexities behind generational poverty require us to be innovative and often disruptive to make real learning possible. We start with building schools. To create lasting and sustainable change, we also train teachers, deeply engage the parents and local community, stock libraries, and build life skills and values through play; empowering entire communities around the importance of education. Most recently, we've grown our programs to include early childhood development and middle schools; 10 years of quality education. Children enroll in school ready to learn and through our scholarships and distance learning programs, children can continue their education past primary school. We have built 127 schools and 64 playgrounds, educating 15,354 children, we've stocked 725 school libraries with 15,955 books, trained 7,395 teachers and empowered 8,075 parents to be their child's first educator. Our programs provide quality education to some of the world's poorest children from early childhood through early adolescence; providing them with the education, digital literacy and life skills to charter a path our of extreme poverty.