Finn, Jr., has held various roles, including high school teacher, education professor, think-tank analyst,... d standards-based reform, quality assessment, and school choice.
He has authored or co-authored more than... , Jr. (2008). Troublemaker: A personal history of school reform since Sputnik. Princeto University Press.
... he United States.
**Early Engagement in Charter School Movement**: Finn became actively involved in the
served as a teacher and principal at the M Street School, where she implemented a rigorous curriculum and secured school accreditation, enabling students to excel academi... s a scholarship student at St. Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute in North Carolina in 186... rolina. She then became a teacher at the M Street School (later renamed Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)
nd writing on educational leadership, policy, and school reform are internationally renowned. She was a We... ing leadership experience across the board in the school to create more chances for change and increase th... * Harris, A. (2004). Distributed leadership and school improvement: Leading or misleading?. Educational ... stributed Leadership: The Evidence ‘. Distributed school leadership: developing tomorrow’s leaders, 42-54.
began to emerge during her time at Alston Grammar School, where she was selected to speak before her gradu... ial and sponsored her education at a state normal school in Massachusetts. This support marked the beginni... as part of an elite group of Black American women school founders, including notable figures like Dr. Mary... opened the doors of PMI in the fall of 1902. The school started in a humble setting, a dilapidated blacks
cation. He founded the progressive and democratic school, Summerhill, where children were given the freedo... .
Neill described his expectations of Summerhill School as a child-centered school: "Self-government for the pupils and staff, freedom to go to lessons or stay a... moulding."
* Neill, A. S. (1995). Summerhill school: A new view of childhood. Macmillan.
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ized for her efforts to combat issues such as the school-to-prison pipeline, racism, and bias in schools.
... e in spearheading the One Newark project, a major school reform initiative aimed at transforming Newark Pu... n Newark with access to an excellent neighborhood school. Despite facing challenges and controversies, And... cipline Revolution Project focuses on closing the school-to-prison pipeline by rethinking disciplinary pra
fessor Emeritus at Northwestern University in the School of Education and Social Policy and in African Ame... ounder of the Betty Shabazz International Charter School and the former director of New Concept School, an African-centered independent school in Chicago. Lee's activism and practice as an educator inform her
dicting retention in the military, the workplace, school and marriage. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(36), 1–1... er, T. S., & Gross, J. J. (2014). Self-control in school-age children. Educational Psychologist, 49(3), 19... colleagues discovered that across samples of high school and undergraduate students, increased interest wa
epreneurial spirit led her to establish the first school for girls in 1820, breaking barriers and providin... s include:
- Establishment of the first girls' school in Puerto Rico in 1820, providing educational opp... ion.
- Advocacy for racial equity by creating a school where students from all backgrounds learned toget
