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From the Executive Director
Better Schools, Stronger Communities:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANNENBERG INSTITUTE
Building a Foundation for Smart Education Systems
Voices in Urban Education 17 (March 2007)
Governor names task force for urban schools
Providence Journal 10.12.07
From Smart Districts to Smart Systems
Adapted from Chapter 12 of City Schools, Harvard University Press (2007)
“Apostle of Change”
Edutopia talks with Warren Simmons (March 2007)
Collective Bargaining in Public Education: A New Dialogue
Panel discussion video
Using Mayoral Involvement in District Reform to Support Instructional Change Harvard Educational Review (Summer 2006)
Evidence-Based Practice: Building Capacity for Informed Professional Judgment
Voices in Urban Education 6 (Winter 2004)
Making Schools Work: PBS special
Hedrick Smith interviews Warren Simmons about "Benchmarks of Reform." (October 2005)
Horace Talks with Warren Simmons: “Smart Districts”
(Summer 2005)
Beyond Arts Integration: Defining learning in arts education partnerships (March 2005)
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Building a Foundation for Smart Education Systems
Voices in Urban Education 17 (March 2007)
>
Governor names task force for urban schools
Providence Journal 10.12.07
>
From Smart Districts to Smart Systems
Adapted from Chapter 12 of City Schools, Harvard University Press (2007)
>
“Apostle of Change”
Edutopia talks with Warren Simmons (March 2007)
>
Collective Bargaining in Public Education: A New Dialogue
Panel discussion video
>
Using Mayoral Involvement in District Reform to Support Instructional Change Harvard Educational Review (Summer 2006)
>
Evidence-Based Practice: Building Capacity for Informed Professional Judgment
Voices in Urban Education 6 (Winter 2004)
>
Article
[PDF: 11 pages, 350 KB]
[PDF: 11 pages, 350 KB]
Making Schools Work: PBS special
Hedrick Smith interviews Warren Simmons about "Benchmarks of Reform." (October 2005)
>
Horace Talks with Warren Simmons: “Smart Districts”
(Summer 2005)
>
Beyond Arts Integration: Defining learning in arts education partnerships (March 2005)
>
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Executive Director
Executive Director, Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons directs the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. The Institute was established in 1993 to generate, share, and act on knowledge that improves conditions and outcomes in American schools, particularly in urban areas and in schools serving disadvantaged students.
The Institute pursues its mission through four areas of work: Capacity Building in Districts and Communities, Research and Knowledge Product Development, and Communications, Dissemination and Learning Opportunities . In each of these areas, the Institute conducts applied research, develops tools and products, and offers technical support designed to build capacity of urban schools and school systems.
Prior to joining the Institute in 1998, Dr. Simmons headed the Philadelphia Education Fund, a nonprofit organization that played a key role in helping the School District of Philadelphia fund, develop, and implement new academic standards, content-based professional development, standards-based curriculum resources, and comprehensive school reform as part of the district's Children Achieving reform agenda during David Hornbeck's tenure as the superintendent.
Over his twenty-five year career in education, Dr. Simmons has worked on urban education issues from several vantage points. As a grant maker at the National Institute of Education and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he developed and funded initiatives on youth and adult literacy, community development, and urban school reform. As Director of Equity Initiatives for the New Standards Project, a coalition of 17 states and 6 school districts, he led teams of researchers and practitioners who designed a performance-based assessment system to advance curricular and instructional reforms. His local experience includes serving as special assistant to the superintendent of schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he designed and implemented reforms that improved the achievement of disadvantaged students; these included the Comer School Development Project, the College Board's Equity 2000 Project, and the school system's multicultural education and Black male achievement initiatives.
Dr. Simmons received his B.A. in psychology from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and earned a doctorate in psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He serves on boards and advisory groups of numerous education reform organizations including the Public Education Network, the Merck Institute, the National Center on Education and the Economy, PLATO Learning, Inc. and the The College Crusade of Rhode Island.
Warren_Simmons@brown.edu
Executive Director, Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons directs the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. The Institute was established in 1993 to generate, share, and act on knowledge that improves conditions and outcomes in American schools, particularly in urban areas and in schools serving disadvantaged students.
The Institute pursues its mission through four areas of work: Capacity Building in Districts and Communities, Research and Knowledge Product Development, and Communications, Dissemination and Learning Opportunities . In each of these areas, the Institute conducts applied research, develops tools and products, and offers technical support designed to build capacity of urban schools and school systems.
Prior to joining the Institute in 1998, Dr. Simmons headed the Philadelphia Education Fund, a nonprofit organization that played a key role in helping the School District of Philadelphia fund, develop, and implement new academic standards, content-based professional development, standards-based curriculum resources, and comprehensive school reform as part of the district's Children Achieving reform agenda during David Hornbeck's tenure as the superintendent.
Over his twenty-five year career in education, Dr. Simmons has worked on urban education issues from several vantage points. As a grant maker at the National Institute of Education and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he developed and funded initiatives on youth and adult literacy, community development, and urban school reform. As Director of Equity Initiatives for the New Standards Project, a coalition of 17 states and 6 school districts, he led teams of researchers and practitioners who designed a performance-based assessment system to advance curricular and instructional reforms. His local experience includes serving as special assistant to the superintendent of schools in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he designed and implemented reforms that improved the achievement of disadvantaged students; these included the Comer School Development Project, the College Board's Equity 2000 Project, and the school system's multicultural education and Black male achievement initiatives.
Dr. Simmons received his B.A. in psychology from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and earned a doctorate in psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He serves on boards and advisory groups of numerous education reform organizations including the Public Education Network, the Merck Institute, the National Center on Education and the Economy, PLATO Learning, Inc. and the The College Crusade of Rhode Island.
Warren_Simmons@brown.edu
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