Joshua Bornstein is presently Director and Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In this position, Dr. Bornstein weaves together the research, application, and theory he has gathered in thirty years of eliminating race, class, gender, and disability as predictors of school success.Prior to this post, Dr. Bornstein taught in the Educational Leadership Program at Felician University. Before entering higher ed, Josh led the turnaround design effort at a P-5 school in the Syracuse City School District. The turnaround design featured 1) daily enrichment for all students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM); 2) expanded professional development, collaboration, and data-driven instructional meetings for all staff; 3) a Sunrise Academy of targeted intervention and acceleration; 4) curricular emphasis on evidentiary writing across the curriculum; 5) reconfiguration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to enhance trauma-sensitive universal targeted supports.Dr. Bornstein's career in public education spans numerous leadership roles in a similarly broad set of communities. He has served as teacher, union leader, principal, staff developer, and school board member. Dr. Bornstein’s work began in the urban school district of Prince George’s County, MD, and has taken him to other urban, suburban, and rural communities. This breadth of experience has allowed him to participate in building effective coalitions for progressive change.Dr. Bornstein’s research centers on dismantling structural racism and ableism in order to build schools that work for all students.