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.

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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

 

Scientific Council
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
 

Advisory Board

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
 

Leadership Council
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
 

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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