TARRANT FOUNDATION - Key Persons
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As Dr. Bishop mentioned, my connection to the College is through the Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education. Because of this connection, I've had the pleasure of working with Dr. Penny Bishop for the past 13 years. If you know her, you know what an asset she is to this University. It was her dedication and that of her Associate Director, Dr. John Downes, that kept the vision moving forward in the early days of the Tarrant Institute.
Those of us associated with the Institute believe it speaks to a new paradigm for learning - one that will have a direct impact on many of your careers. The catalyst for what started as an experiment and ultimately became the Tarrant Institute was the observation that for quite a few middle school adolescents, particularly boys, traditional teaching methods were not working very well. Being expected to sit passively for hours and learn the same way kids had learned for the past century, was becoming less and less effective. Think about it - some of you were in middle school about that time - these young people were spending their leisure time immersed in new technology. It's no wonder their attention drifted at school.
Deb Tarrant is the Vice President of the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation and Mayor of Hillsboro Beach, FL. Her grandfather started working in the coal mines of Harlan County, KY at age 10, and her grandmother left school after the 7th grade to help support her family. Deb is the first member of either side of her family to earn a college diploma. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in marketing and accounting from Miami University in 1979.
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Deborah L. Tarrant is the Vice President of the Tarrant Foundation. She serves as board liaison for the Foundation's new Catholic Schools Initiative, which will invest $850,000 to support technology integration in area Catholic schools over the next four years.
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Since 2005, the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation has been one of the most active private foundations in Vermont. We use our resources to ease hardship, help people overcome barriers to success, and drive innovative change.
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Lauren A. Curry has been the Executive Director of the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation since 2005.
My name is Lauren Curry and I am the Executive Director of the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation. We are seldom participants at the Statehouse, and though I have previously addressed your colleagues in the House, this is my first appearance before the Senate Education Committee.
Lauren A. Curry has served as Executive Director of the Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation since 2005.
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