The Center on Innovation & Improvement helps regional centers in their work with states to provide districts, schools, and families with the opportunity, information, and skills to make wise decisions on behalf of students.
The Center on Innovation & Improvement is administered by the Academic Development Institute in collaboration with its partners, Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education and Little Planet Learning.
Center on Innovation and Improvement Brochure (PDF)
The Academic Development Institute and its partners—Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education and Little Planet Learning—operate the Center on Innovation and Improvement with an experienced staff, a Scientific Council with distinguished scholars, a Leadership Council of school administrators, and technical advisors with specific expertise. The Center on Innovation and Improvement is overseen by an Advisory Board.
Staff |
Sam Redding
Center Director
Center on Innovation & Improvement
121 N. Kickapoo Street
Lincoln, IL 62656
217.732.6462, ext. 11
sredding@centerii.org |
Janis Langdon
Director of Information Systems & Websites
jlangdon@centerii.org |
Marilyn Murphy
Communication Director
Center on Innovation and Improvement
Temple University/Ritter Annex, 9th Floor
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215.204.3000
mmurphy@centerii.org |
Reatha Owen
SES and Parent Involvement Coordinator
rowen@centerii.org |
Thomas Kerins
Program Director
Center on Innovation & Improvement
121 N. Kickapoo Street
Lincoln, IL 62656
217.732.6462, ext. 20
tkerins@centerii.org |
Bernadette Anderson
Education Options Coordinator
banderson@centerii.org |
Pam Sheley
Publication Director
psheley@centerii.org
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Scientific Council
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Herbert J. Walberg
Chief Scientific Advisor |
Michael L. Kamil
Stanford University |
Gordon Cawelti
Educational Research Service |
Eva N. Patrikakou
DePaul University |
Jay Greene
University of Arkansas |
Paul Reville
Rennie Center - Harvard University |
Bryan Hassel
Public Impact |
Lauren Morando Rhim
Public Impact |
Lance Izumi
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy |
Steven Ross
CREP - University of Memphis |
Joseph Murphy
Vanderbilt University |
Kenneth K. Wong
Brown University |
Nancy Protheroe
Educational Research Service |
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Advisory Board
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David Abbott
Rhode Island Department of Education |
Lisa Johnson
Van Buren School District, Arizona |
Ilene Block
Indiana Department of Education |
Susan Morrison
Illinois State Board of Education |
Marcie Brown
Indiana Governor's Office |
Patricia Kusimo
West Virginia Center for Prof. Development |
Ricardo Diaz
United Community Center, Milwaukee |
Stephen Schenck
Kentucky Department of Education |
Rhona Fisher
Maryland State Department of Education |
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Leadership Council
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Judith Baseman
Appleton, WI Public Shools |
James Lytle
University of Pennsylvania |
William Librera
Rutgers University |
Toni Moynihan-McCoy
Corpus Christi, TX Public Schools |
Paul Vallas
New Orleans Recovery School District |
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Technical Advisors |
Carol Chelemer
Rockville, MD |
Brett Lane
Annenberg - Brown University |
Susan Hanes
Atlanta, Georgia |
Joseph Meyer
Portland, Oregon |
Jennifer Harmon
Alexandria, VA |
Carole Perlman
Chicago, Illinois |
Kate Gill Kressley
RMC Research |
Allison Potter
University of Memphis |
Marilynn Kulieke
AdvancED, NSSE |
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