BUILDING A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AUDIENCE

Carnegie Corporation of New York is committed to supporting effective partnerships between families and schools and to fostering innovation in the family engagement field. Under my leadership, the Communications team has played a vital role in advancing those objectives. Since 2019, we have released three reports focused on family engagement, conducted a Gallup survey exploring family perspectives on postsecondary success, and published dozens of web … Continue reading BUILDING A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AUDIENCE

THE ELEMENTS OF A HIGH-IMPACT REPORT

In early 2020, my Carnegie Corporation of New York colleague Jim Short hosted a convening of our foundation’s education grantees, with a focus on high-quality curriculum and instructional materials. Over the course of that day, it became clear that those tools could only do so much to advance student learning on their own. Realizing their potential also required professional learning grounded in the curriculum and … Continue reading THE ELEMENTS OF A HIGH-IMPACT REPORT

MEET THE “NEW” NEW LEADERS

In 2016, I led a comprehensive rebrand at New Leaders. This encompassed development of the brand strategy, producing a new suite of marketing collateral, and overseeing development of a new website: NewLeaders.org. New Leaders got its start recruiting principals to work in America’s highest-need schools in 2000. Today, the organization trains education leaders at every level — from teachers up to superintendents. The rebrand was … Continue reading MEET THE “NEW” NEW LEADERS