Vice President, National Programs, Director Of Urban Education
Carnegie Corporation Of Newyork
New York, Ny
Led the philanthropy's strategy to expand educational opportunity through systemic change across K-12, to increase graduation and degree completion by urban and low-income students, and to support expanded pathways to citizenship, civic participation and integration for immigrants and disconnected youth. Co-chaired the Carnegie Corporation–Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Transforming Mathematics and Science Education that published The Opportunity Equation report in 2009. Led the subsequent mobilization that includes the collaborative development of the Next Generation Science Standards, and the 100Kin10 partnership for STEM teaching that has been recognized by the White House and by the Clinton Global Initiative America.