I Used To Think…And Now I Think…

Richard F. Elmore is the Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), where he is faculty cochair of the Doctorate in Education Leadership Program. Prior to joining the faculty at HGSE, he taught in the College of Education at Michigan State University and in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and a past president of the Association for Public Policy and Management, the national organization representing graduate programs in public policy and management. He has held positions in the federal government as a legislative liaison with the U.S. Congress on education policy issues and is currently director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education. Elmore’s ongoing research and clinical work focuses on building capacity for instructional improvement in low-performing schools. He spends at least a day a week in schools, working with teachers and administrators on instructional improvement. He is coauthor of Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning (Harvard Education Press, 2009) and author of School Reform from the Inside Out: Policy, Practice, and Performance (Harvard Education Press, 2004).