Leading Systemic Redesign: Strategies from the Field

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University and founding president of the Learning Policy Institute, created to provide high-quality research for policies that enable equitable and empowering education for each and every child. At Stanford she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Darling-Hammond is past president of the American Educational Research Association and recipient of its awards for Distinguished Contributions to Research, Lifetime Achievement, Research Review, and Research-to-Policy. In 2006, Darling-Hammond was named one of the nation’s ten most influential people affecting educational policy. In 2008, she directed President Barack Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team and is currently President of the California State Board of Education. She began her career as a public school teacher and co-founded both a preschool and a public high school. Darling-Hammond consults widely on strategies for improving education policies and practices and is the recipient of 14 honorary degrees in the U.S. and internationally. Among her more than 600 publications are a number of award-winning books, including The Right to Learn, Teaching as the Learning Profession, Preparing Teachers for a Changing World and The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment will Determine our Future. She received an Ed.D. from Temple University (with highest distinction) and a B.A. from Yale University (magna cum laude).

Dan began his role as Superintendent in 2011, previously serving the District as Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education. Prior to joining Naperville 203, Dan spent 13 years as a school administrator, including years as an elementary, junior high, and a high school principal. Dan began his career in education as a middle school social studies teacher. Dan has a Bachelor of Arts in History/Secondary Education from Millikin University, a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Aurora University and an Education Specialist degree in Education Administration from Northern Illinois University. Dan and his wife Dawn are proud to call the Naperville 203 community home. All five of their children are graduates of Naperville 203 schools.

Camhi is the superintendent of schools for the Baldwin Union Free School District located in New York State, as well as the presidentof AASA, The School Superintendents Association), effective July 2021. She is a 2020 Education Week Leader To Learn From for her innovative practices and creativity in K-12 instruction and advocacy work in ensuring educational equity.