Education Policy Program
 

Advisory Panel

The Early Education Initiative's Advisory Panel includes a wide range of experts in the field, including leading academics, advocates, and practitioners. The Advisory Panel provides expert advice and opinion during the planning of the Early Education Initiative's Issue Briefs. In addition, the Advisory Panel reviews Issue Briefs in advance of publication.

Our Advisory Panel members are:

Dr. Steven Barnett
Director
National Institute for Early Education

Dr. Barbara T. Bowman
Professor
Erikson Institute

Dr. Lindy Buch
President
Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education

Dr. Joanne Cashman
IDEA Partnership/Director
National Association of State Directors of Special Education

Dr. Richard Clifford
Senior Scientist
Frank Porter Graham Institute

Dr. Rudy Crew
Superintendent
Miami Dade County Public Schools

Dr. Jerlean Daniel
Deputy Executive Director
National Association for the Education of Young Children

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond
Charles E. Ducommun Professor in the School of Education
Stanford University

Dr. Libby Doggett
Executive Director
Pre-K NowWashington, D.C.

Mr. Arne Duncan
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools

Ms. Stephanie Fanjul
Director of Student Achievement
National Education Association

Mr. Arnold Fege
Director, Public Engagement and National Constituency Building
Public Education Network

Ms. Sue Ferguson
Chair
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

Dr. Vincent L. Ferrandino
Executive Director
National Association of Elementary School Principals

Dr. Sandy Garrett
Superintendent
Oklahoma State Department of Education

Ms. Chrisann Gayl
Director, Federal Programs
National School Boards Association

Mr. Noel Gunther
Executive Director
Reading Rockets, WETA

Dr. Karen Hill-Scott
President
Karen Hill-Scott & Company

Dr. Paul D. Houston
Executive Director
American Association of School Administrators

Dr. Henry Levin
William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

 

 

Dr. William L. Librera
Professor of Education, Director of Rutgers Institute for Improving Student Achievement
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

Mr. Gene I. Maeroff
Senior Fellow
Hechinger Institute on Media Relations

Ms. Jana Martella
Director, Early Childhood and Family Education
Council of Chief State School Officers

Ms. Marsha H. Moore
Commissioner
Bright from the Start – Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Dr. Susana Navarro
Executive Director
El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence

Dr. Susan B. Neuman
Professor of Education
University of Michigan

Dr. Thomas W. Payzant
Retired Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

Dr. Robert Pianta
Professor of Education
University of Virginia

Ms. Delia Pompa
Vice President, Center for Community Education Excellence
National Council of La Raza

Dr. James Pughsley
Former Superintendent
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Dr. Arthur Reynolds
Professor
University of Wisconsin at Madison

Ms. Adele Robinson
Senior Director, Public Policy and Communications
National Association for the Education of Young Children

Dr. David E. Sawyer
Superintendent
Tulsa Public Schools

Dr. Lawrence Schweinhart
President
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

Dr. Eric Smith
Superintendent
Anne Arundel County Schools

Dr. Dorothy Strickland
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Chair in Education
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

Ms. Susan Traiman
Director, Education and Workforce Policy
Business Roundtable

Dr. Jerry D. Weast
Superintendent
Montgomery County Public Schools

Ms. Amy Wilkins
Executive Director
Trust for Early Education

Dr. Susan Tave Zelman
Superintendent
Ohio Department of Education