Smart List: 50 People Shaping the Future of K-12 Education
Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with the 3rd Annual Smart Lists. During October and November you’ll see about 20 ‘Best of’ lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate doing innovative work.
Today we are recognizing 50 thought leaders and changemakers shaping the future of K-12 education.
Nonprofit Thought Leaders Defining What’s Next in K-12
- Stacey Childress, NewSchools Venture Fund
- Alex Hernandez, Charter School Growth Fund
- Michael Horn, Christensen Institute
- John Bailey, Foundation for Excellence in Education#
- Susan Patrick, iNACOL#
- Brian Greenberg, Silicon Schools
- LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Ethan Gray, Education Cities
- Matt Candler, 4.0 Schools
- Andy Calkins, Next Generation Learning Challenge
- Karen Cator, Digital Promise
- Andy Smarick, Bellwether Education Partners
- Nicholas Donohue, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
- Listen to the Smart Parents Podcast with Nicholas
- Virgel Hammonds, KnowledgeWorks
- Mike Petrilli, Fordham Institute
- Scott Ellis, The Learning Accelerator
- Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation
- Amy Anderson, Donnell Kay Foundation
- Robin Lake, Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Neerav Kingsland, Arnold Foundation
- Scott McLeod, Prairie Lakes AEA 8
- Jamie MacMillan, J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation
More Relevant Than Ever in K-12
- Carlos Moreno, Big Picture Learning
- Suzanne Tacheny Kubach, PIE-Net
- Howard Fuller, Marquette University
- Rick Hess, AEI
- Andy Rotherham, Bellwether Education Partners
- Alex Johnston, ConnCAN founder
- Jon Schnur, New Leaders and America Achieves founder
- Michael Fullan & Lyle Kirtman, Change leadership gurus
- See review of Leadership: Key Competencies for Whole-System Change
- Sir Michael Barber, Pearson
- See Smart Cities contribution from Barber on the Future of Education
- Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith, Most Likely to Succeed
- Check out the movie tour
- Gisele Huff, Hume Foundation
- Gene Wilhoit & Linda Pittenger, Innovation Lab Network
- Dr. Cynthis Brown, Center for American Progress
- Christine Campbell, Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Deborah McGriff, NewSchools Venture Fund
- Patricia Levesque, Foundation for Excellence in Education#
- Kati Haycock, The Education Trust
- Paul Herdman, Rodel Foundation of Delaware
Chiefs Making a Difference
- Dale Erquiaga, NV
- Hanseul Kang, DC
- Hanna Skandera, NM
- John White, LA
- Brad Smith, UT
- Mark Murphy, DE
- Michael Martirano, WV
- Virginia Berry, NH
- Sherry Ybarra, ID
- Tony Smith, IL
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Lucy Gray
Interesting list, but where are the K12 educators leading the charge? I'd argue that teacher leaders and principals on the ground are shaping education as well. Just look at EdCamps, Twitter Chats and other authentic channels used by practitioners.
Alan Boyle
Why are there only 19 women in a so-called smart list that influences a predominantly female profession?
Ehvickery
How many of these people are practicing teachers?