Sameer Sampat is a co-founder of Global School Leaders (GSL), an organization that works to incubate, connect and support organizations that train school leaders to improve the learning of students from under-served communities around the world. Prior to GSL, Sameer was the India School Leadership Institute’s first CEO. He also worked as a project manager and research analyst with the Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University where he designed, implemented, and evaluated interventions to close the racial achievement gap found in the United States.
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