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Orly Friedman

Founder
Red Bridge Education

Orly Friedman is reimagining what school can be. As the Founder and Head of School at Red Bridge, she’s created a pioneering K–8 school in San Francisco that reorganizes traditional education by placing student agency at its core. At Red Bridge, students are empowered to set personal goals and taught the work habits and skills to reach them.

Orly’s path has taken her from teaching at a rural boarding school in India to Washington, D.C., as a Teach For America corps member, to joining the founding team of the innovative Khan Lab School in Mountain View and serving as lower school head. She later joined Transcend Education as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, where she developed a blueprint for a school that puts learners in the driver’s seat.

She’s spoken around the world about the power of student agency and has contributed to Education Week, EducationNext, and other leading education forums. Orly holds degrees from Yale, George Mason, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Orly Friedman

Founder
Red Bridge Education
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Orly Friedman is reimagining what school can be. As the Founder and Head of School at Red Bridge, she’s created a pioneering K–8 school in San Francisco that reorganizes traditional education by placing student agency at its core. At Red Bridge, students are empowered to set personal goals and taught the work habits and skills to reach them.

Orly’s path has taken her from teaching at a rural boarding school in India to Washington, D.C., as a Teach For America corps member, to joining the founding team of the innovative Khan Lab School in Mountain View and serving as lower school head. She later joined Transcend Education as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, where she developed a blueprint for a school that puts learners in the driver’s seat.

She’s spoken around the world about the power of student agency and has contributed to Education Week, EducationNext, and other leading education forums. Orly holds degrees from Yale, George Mason, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.