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Elisabeth Kanner
Senior Associate
ekanner@greatschoolspartnership.org
Elisabeth (Elis) Kanner is a senior associate with Great Schools Partnership. Before joining GSP, Elis supported middle and high school educators as a teacher educator and instructional coach in Boston Public Schools, working across subject areas, including career and early college pathways programs, and in general education, inclusion, sub-separate, ESL, and SEI classrooms. She has developed curriculum and facilitated professional development for secondary school teachers through work with Facing History and Ourselves, Project Zero, the Democratic Knowledge Project and Justice in Schools. Her doctoral research at Harvard University focused on the pedagogy of effective civic educators. Elis credits her experience as a founding Humanities teacher at the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School for instilling her belief in the power of proficiency-based education and student voice as a foundation for meaningful, joyful learning. A graduate of Miami-Dade public schools, Elis is committed to the civic mission of public education to prepare students for success as citizens and productive community members.