KARIN CHENOWETH - Speaking Engagements

BOOKS & SELECTED ARTICLES

GETTING IT DONE: LEADING ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN UNEXPECTED SCHOOLS

"Getting It Done makes me more certain than ever that an important way forward for American education is to study what our best school leaders do and to use what we learn to improve professional development for current and future school principals." --Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University

HOW IT'S BEING DONE: URGENT LESSONS FROM UNEXPECTED SCHOOLS

"If ever there were a book on education that should be read, it is this one." --Pedro Noguera, New York University

IT'S BEING DONE: ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN UNEXPECTED SCHOOLS

"It's Being Done will contribute significantly to the national conversation on the education of our children. Perhaps more important, it will give us reason to hope." -- Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Quick Links

Education Week

"For School Improvement, Demographics Aren't Destiny"

Millman Lecture: Learning from Unexpected Schools

In October 2013, I delivered the Millman Lecture to the conference of CREATE (Consortium on Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness)

Huffington Post

For several years I wrote regularly about schools and education for Huffington Post.

Britannica Blog

For several years I wrote pieces for the Encyclopaedia Britannica Blog, which are archived here.

Homeroom

For five years I wrote Homeroom, a column on schools and education for The Washington Post. A few of those columns are archived here.

Teachers Matter. Check. Schools Matter. Check. Districts Matter. Really?

In October, 2015, Kappan published an article on two high-poverty districts that are near the top of their states in academic achievement.

How Do We Get There from Here?

In February, 2015, Educational Leadership published an article on school improvement.

How High-Poverty Schools are Getting It Done

In 2013 Educational Leadership published an article by Christina Theokas and me based on Getting It Done.

What Does It Mean to Be A Good School Leader?

In 2012, Education Week published a commentary by Christina Theokas and me based on Getting It Done.

Leading for Learning

In 2012 American Educator published an article based on Getting It Done.

Piece by Piece

In fall of 2009 American Educator published a piece based on HOW It's Being Done.

Uncovering Academic Success

In 2007, American Educator published an article based on It's Being Done.

It Can Be Done, It's Being Done, and Here's How

in 2009 Kappan published an article based on HOW It's Being Done.

The Education Trust

From 2004 until 2022 I worked at The Education Trust as writer-in-residence. After I retired I founded Democracy and Education, which can be found at www.assistdemocracy.org.

Authors Guild

Advocates for published authors since 1912

Authors Guild Directory

A compendium of member websites

Speaking Engagements

Teachers, principals, and superintendents are hungry for good, solid information about how they can be more successful with the kids they have. With stories, photos, and videos, I share the expertise I have found in dozens of high performing and improving schools and districts that serve children of color and children from low-income backgrounds.

Speaking Engagements

Baltimore County Public Schools Leadership Conference (September 28, 2023)
Worcester Massachusetts Leadership Institute (June 22, 2023)
Concord Indiana School Board (June 23, 2023)
Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty Research Consortium (February 8, 2023)
Albemarle County Virginia (November 16, 2022)
Richmond Virginia Public Schools Literacy Conference (August 2, 2022)
Manassas City Virginia Public Schools (July 20, 2022)
ResearchED Frederick Maryland (February 23, 2022)
Orange County North Carolina Leadership Institute (August 18, 2021)
Charles County Maryland District Leadership (August 12, 2021)
California Latino School Board Association (November 4, 2021)
ResearchED Philly (October 27, 2018)
Riverside County Equity Conference (September 20, 2018)
Education Trust West Equity Conference (September 13, 2018)
Scottish College for Educational Leadership, November 5, 2016 (Stirling, Scotland)
Association of Headteachers and Deputies in Scotland November 4, 2016 (Dunblane, Scotland)
National Title I Conference, January 29, 2016 (Houston, Texas)
Learning Forward National Conference, December 5, 2015 (National Harbor, Maryland)
Delaware Executive Leadership Academy, December 3, 2015 (Dover, Delaware).
Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, November 20, 2015 (By WebEx).
Advancing Improvement in Education Conference, November 16, 2015 (San Antonio, Texas). In Texas, Molly Bensinger-Lacy and I provided a four-and-a-half hour workshop to 1,400 educators from across Texas. (See HOW It's Being Done and Getting It Done for information about Molly.)
American Federation of Teachers TEACH conference, July 13, 2015 (Washington, D.C.).
ResearchED New York, May 2, 2015 (New York, N.Y.).
National Title I Conference, February 5, 2015 (Salt Lake City, Utah).
Professional Development, Academic Recovery Liaisons, August 19, 2014 (Harrisburg, Pa.).
SURN Network, College of William and Mary School of Education: June 24, 2014 (Williamsburg, Va.).
Oklahoma's Vision 2020: July 17, 2014 (Oklahoma City).

What People Are Saying:

"Feedback has been very positive and while I am sure we could find lots of similar examples of unexpected schools in Scotland I am unaware of anyone who has done the work in the way that you have. The key messages therefore carried considerable authority and have given us much food for thought."
--John Christie, ADES, Scotland

"[Y]our presentation, balanced with discussion from the group, was on target, extremely well done and well received."
--Stephen Hamilton, Director of District and School Services, Learning Innovations at WestEd

"It was such a pleasure to meet you and to hear you speak last week. The information you shared about the need for systemic changes, the critical points of school leadership, and being respectfully relentless in our work, are ideas I have thought about all week. I continue to read your books and look forward to your articles giving continual insight about schools and leadership today. Thank you so much for taking the time to come to Oklahoma to speak and listen to educators."
--Mary Dahlgren National Literacy Consultant, President and CEO Tools 4 Reading

"Thank you for the contribution you made to the learning of all of us who experienced the heart, mind, and soul presentations you delivered at the LAP conference. There is NO ONE that had anything less than extraordinarily positive feedback!!! I had high expectations in advance of the actual "gift" you gave us, but you blew the top off of those expectations."

-- Larry Leverett, Panasonic Foundation

“Your contribution to our principal conference in both key note and workshop form was informative and inspiring as we continue to fine tune our work on the strategies that really make a difference for student outcomes in schools”

-- Anthony Gooden, Regional Network Leader from Hume Region, Victoria, Australia

I produced the ExtraOrdinary Districts podcast which was the precursor to the book Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement (Harvard Education Press, 2021). It can be found on the Education Trust website. https://edtrust.org/extraordinary-districts/ You can also find it on Spotify and other places you get your podcasts.