Ian Rowe, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, visits Wheatley Institute for a lecture on empowering children.
Ian Rowe visited Wheatley Institute to give a lecture to BYU students and local community members alike. He focused on the im
portance of helping children to understand how they can use their agency to make a better future for themselves, rather than relying on the blame-the-victim and blame-the-system mentality that emerges from the common continual emphasis on equity.
Watch highlights from the lecture below, or watch the full lecture on our YouTube channel.
About Ian V. Rowe
Ian V. Rowe is the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new International Baccalaureate high school in the Bronx, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In addition to serving 10 years as CEO of Public Prep, he held leadership positions at Teach for America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the White House and MTV, where he earned two Public Service Emmys. With his recent book “Agency,” Ian seeks to inspire young people of all races to build strong families, overcome the victimhood narrative and become masters of their own destiny. Ian is Chairman of the Board of Spence-Chapin. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University’s College of Engineering and his high school diploma from Brooklyn Tech as part of a K-12 NYC public education. Mr. Rowe is a recipient of many honors, including the Harvard Business School Bert King Service Award, and most recently the George A. Sutherland Award.