Speaker's Name
J.D. LaRock

Bio

J.D. LaRock is the president & CEO of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a global nonprofit organization that provides high-quality entrepreneurship education to middle school, high school and young adult students from under-resourced communities.

Previously, J.D. was the president and CEO of the Commonwealth Corporation, Massachusetts’ state authority for workforce development, a member of Northeastern University’s senior leadership team and an education policymaker at the federal and state levels. Additionally, J.D. chaired Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Commission on?Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning.

His past positions include senior education advisor to the late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy and education policy director for former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Some of J.D.’s biggest accomplishments throughout his career include working with Senator Kennedy to lead the 2008 reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act and the 2007 passage of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, as well as helping Governor Patrick author Massachusetts’ application to President Obama’s “Race to the Top” competition, which secured $250 million for the commonwealth.

A seasoned expert with extensive knowledge of economic, education and entrepreneurial trends, J.D. can speak to and provide expertise on the following subjects, among others:

-The importance of entrepreneurship education and an entrepreneurial mindset in a post-COVID-19 economy on a global level

-Insight into education policy and the operation of education systems for K-12, post-secondary and adult learners

-What we can do to boost social mobility and make our capitalistic society more inclusive

-How we can improve education with online and hybrid programs

-The future of economics and job security

-New education models that should be adopted for the benefit of the next generation, including project-based and experiential learning

A scholar of education policy, higher education and the future of work, J.D. has authored, edited, and contributed to several books, including Special Education for a New Century (Harvard Education Press, 2005), Education at a Glance (OECD, 2012) and Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (MIT Press, 2017). J.D. is a newly appointed member of the Commonwealth Education Commission of the States (ECS), a member of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Chair of the Board of Trustees at North Shore Community College and a faculty member in Northeastern University’s Doctor of Law and Policy program. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Harvard and his law degree from Georgetown.

Session List

ChatGPT is in Classrooms and the Workplace: Now What?
Friday, December 01st 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM Room: 123