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Author
Ellie Avishai
Ellie Avishai is a partner at The Learning Accelerator. She is formerly the founder and director of I-Think, a K-12 initiative at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto), that teaches students, teachers, and district and school leaders methods for critical and creative problem-solving and generating innovative solutions. Ellie recently completed her doctorate in education leadership (Ed.L.D.) from Harvard University.