Today, the Progressive Policy Institute’s Reinventing America’s Schools Project announced their Advisory Council, which is composed of leaders in education innovation from across the country.
“PPI believes that ensuring high-quality public schools for all our children is the civil rights imperative of our times,” said Will Marshall, PPI President. “We’re delighted to welcome this impressive roster of leading education reform practitioners and innovators to the Reinventing Public Schools (RAS) Project.”
The Advisory Council will be a resource for strategic thinking, a sounding board for modernizing ideas, and a force for public advocacy.
“Our goal is to speed the pace of K-12 evolution away from standardized, factory-style schools toward 21st century schools designed around principles of parental choice, school autonomy, diverse learning programs and strict public accountability for results,” Marshall said.
The council will be led by David Osborne, Director Emeritus of PPI’s Reinventing America’s Schools Project and the author of Reinventing America’s Schools: Creating a 21st Century Education System. The Reinventing America’s Schools Project Advisory Council includes:
David Osborne, Director Emeritus of the Reinventing America’s Schools project
Myrna Castrejon, California Charter Schools Association
A.J. Crabill, Texas Education Agency
Arne Duncan, Emerson Collective and former Secretary of Education
Howard Fuller, Founder and Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University and former Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools
Chris Gabrieli, Empower Schools
Robin Lake, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Maya Martin, Parents Amplifying Voices in Education
Jacinto Ramos, Ft. Worth Independent School District and Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE)
Keri Rodrigues, National Parents Union
Andy Rotherham, Bellwether Education Partners
Mary Seawell, Gates Family Foundation
Kameelah Shaheed-Diallo, The City Fund
Joe Siedlecki, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Paul Vallas, Co-Founder of the Vallas Group, Inc. and former Superintendent of Bridgeport Public Schools
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a catalyst for policy innovation and political reform based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to create radically pragmatic ideas for moving America beyond ideological and partisan deadlock. Learn more about PPI by visiting progressivepolicy.org.
The Reinventing America’s Schools Project inspires a 21st century model of public education geared to the knowledge economy. One model, charter schools, are showing the way by providing autonomy for schools, accountability for results, and parental choice among schools tailored to the diverse learning styles of children. The project is co-led by Curtis Valentine and Tressa Pankovits.
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