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Brean Witmer is our new director of research and evaluation. We’re proud to share some of her story below.Tell us a little about yourself.My path to research and evaluation took a somewhat winding route. While focusing my graduate studies on child and family policy, I was fortunate enough to have a mentor that focused her career […]

by Erica Wallstrom  Erica Wallstrom is a newly hired senior associate at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share her first blog for our organization Social media sensations like TikTok provide an endless library of brief, stylized dance videos that will quickly consume any spare moments one might have. I confess that I am

Sarah Malinoski is a newly hired senior associate here at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share some of her story below.How has a commitment to educational equity guided your work?After more than three decades in public education, I remain endlessly optimistic about the future. I have been a paraeducator, special educator, middle and

by Jeanie Phillips Jeanie Phillips is a newly hired senior associate at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share her first blog for our organization.One of the most powerful frameworks I used in my career as a librarian is Rudine Sims Bishop’s Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors. Books are mirrors when readers see their

by Clyde Cole Clyde Cole is a newly hired senior associate at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share a part of his story. Please note: This blog originally appeared on the website of Impact.Ed, and is reprinted here with the author’s permission.I was fortunate to be given the chance to be a founding teacher

by Leah Tuckman Leah Tuckman is a newly hired senior associate at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share her first blog for our organization.The UrgencyIt’s January, 2022, and I’m in the medical waiting room at Revere High School. Situated adjacent to Boston Logan International Airport, Revere has struggled with some of Massachusetts’ highest cases

Danielle Pierre is a newly hired senior associate here at the Great Schools Partnership. We’re proud to share some of her story below.Tell us a little about yourself.I was born and raised in Boston and spent most of my childhood riding my bike and playing four-square in Roxbury and Dorchester. I spent my elementary years

by Kate Gardoqui Paula Sanders is a high school English teacher at DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas. A veteran educator with 18 years teaching experience, she currently teaches 12th-grade English. Ms. Sanders is a teacher whose impact on students extends beyond the classroom; as an educator who is deeply attuned to student wellbeing (she

The Great Schools Partnership (GSP) is pleased to share that we have promoted Katie Thompson to be our new Associate Director of Learning and Strategy and hired Paulina Murton as our new Associate Director of Engagement and Networking.Katie Thompson recently served as one of GSP’s co-directors of coaching having coached schools and supported staff at

Please read our organizational announcement introducing our new associate directors. Then, check out the interview below to discover more about Paulina Murton, our new Associate Director of Engagement and Networking.Tell us a little about yourself.Nearly two decades ago, I found myself at the front of a 9th grade English classroom in the Rio Grande Valley of