Positively impacting the lives of students and teachers has been central to Meg’s career in education, which spans more than 25 years. Prior to joining us, she was the Director of External Research at EL Education, where she spearheaded several key projects, including a five-year Investing in Innovation randomized controlled trial to study the impact of curriculum and coaching on students’ achievement and teachers’ practice. She also served as the Regional Director at NYC Outward Bound Schools, supporting a network of 11 EL Education middle and high schools. She guided leaders in their strategic planning, facilitated professional learning, and provided instructional leadership to EL Education coaches. Meg’s publications include Going to Scale with New School Designs: Reinventing High School (Teachers College Press, 2009) as well as numerous journal articles in the Journal of Experiential Education, Teacher Education Quarterly, and Equity and Excellence in Education, among others; and blog posts (The Huffington Post, Quiet Revolution, and Edutopia). Meg’s research centers on teacher professional learning and students’ learning experiences, deeper learning and equity, scaling up educational models, continuous improvement, and experiential education. Meg earned her B.A. in Education from Marquette University, her M.A. in Writing from DePaul University, and her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from New York University. Meg taught middle and high school English in Milwaukee and Chicago and English as a Second Language at DePaul University and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. She was in the inaugural cohort of the Deeper Learning Equity Fellows and serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania’s Project-Based Learning Teacher Certificate Program. In her free time, Meg runs ultra-marathons and studies circus arts (trapeze and aerial fabric).
