December 13, 2019 - I was honored to join the Governors’ Panel at a gathering of the Hunt Institute’s Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows last week in Washington, D.C. At these sessions, an equal number of Republican and Democratic state policymakers hear bipartisan presentations and engage in deep and meaningful discussions on the importance of K-12 standards [...]
November 20, 2019 - When you change schools, you change the entire system, pre-k through higher ed. That was a theme at ExcelinEd’s National Summit on Education in San Diego, where state and local policymakers, education leaders, and advocates gathered to learn about new trends, successful policies, and the latest innovations. [Pictured above is Derek [...]
November 15, 2019 – I spent an amazing and inspiring day on the California Monterey Peninsula at the National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. Sponsored by the Monterey Bay chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the event was packed with over 300 attendees and honored California Central Coast nonprofits and funders. The resounding message was [...]
October 22, 2019 -- Several members of the Global Science of Learning for Education Network (GSoLEN) Advisory Group made a presentation and sought input from an enthusiastic audience at the annual Grantmakers For Education (GFE) conference in New Orleans. At the conference, I moderated the Applying the Science of Learning: Early Lessons from a Global [...]
August 16, 2019 — It was an honor to share advice and encouragement alongside my fellow former governors from Nebraska, Vermont, New Mexico, New Jersey, and North Carolina at a gathering of the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program in Austin, Texas. At the convening, the cohort of nineteen high-ranking state leaders from across the country explored [...]
August 8, 2019 — As a keynote speaker at the Education Law, Policy, and Leadership Conference at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, I saw once more the critical convergence of the key elements that create our education system. This audience was largely education leaders at the state, district, and school level. As I listened [...]
