Experience

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  MiddleWeb LLC

  • North Carolina, USA

  • Creator and Co-Editor

    • Jun 2012 - Present
    • North Carolina, USA

    MiddleWeb.com is a leading Web resource for middle grades educators (4-8) and the sponsor of MiddleWeb SmartBrief. Since 2012 MiddleWeb has published over 3000 original articles and reviews written by practicing K-12 teachers, school leaders and education authors and consultants.

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  School Stories

  • North Carolina

  • Education writer and editor

    • Mar 1996 - Present
    • North Carolina

    I am an education writer and editor and founder of MiddleWeb.com, a website for educators in grades 4-8. In 1996 I became a full-time independent education writer and leader of a six-year national reporting project on middle school reform funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation of New York.

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  Alabama Best Practices Center/A+ Education Partnership

  • Communications Consultant

    • 1998 - Apr 2022

    Provided writing, editing, communications support. Editor of the ABPC Blog and editor/writer for ABPC journal Working Toward Excellence from 2000-2009, reporting on promising practices in public K-12 schools across Alabama.

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  Powerful Learning Practice

  • Consultant - Content and Capacity

    • 2011 - 2014

    Writing and editing, virtual community support, editor of PLP's Voices from the Learning Revolution group blog and Powerful Learning Press.

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  Center for Teaching Quality

  • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

  • Senior Consultant

    • 2001 - 2011
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

    Co-founder and moderator of CTQ's Teacher Leaders Network. Writing, editing, communications, virtual community development and support.

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  The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

  • New York, New York, United States

  • Project Leader - Program for Student Achievement

    • 1996 - 2001
    • New York, New York, United States

    Lead a team of journalists and education researchers to write about middle school improvement efforts in several U.S. school districts receiving major grants from EMCF. Our results were published and distributed in the districts in a tabloid newspaper format and on the website MiddleWeb.com

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  Southern Regional Education Board

  • Atlanta GA

  • Vice President for Information

    • May 1990 - May 1996
    • Atlanta GA

    Served as editor and de facto publisher for most SREB publications during the period; advised President on public relations and informational issues; worked with media.

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  South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment

  • Winthrop University

  • Executive Director

    • Mar 1986 - May 1990
    • Winthrop University

    I was the first director of this statewide teacher recruitment organization, supported by state and private funds. Its name changed to the S.C. Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement in 1999.

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  The State

  • Education Writer

    • Jan 1981 - Jan 1986

    Covered state K12 and higher education institutions and issues for South Carolina's capital daily newspaper. Columnist. Received national "first prize" for investigative reporting from the Education Writers Association. During tenure at The State, named SC Journalist of the Year and received the Ambrose E. Gonzales Award for Distinguished Journalism, an annual reporting award of Columbia Newspapers, Inc. In 1984 received the Pete Ivey Memorial Award of the College News Association of the Carolinas “for excellence in reporting news about higher education.”

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  Southeastern Public Education Program

  • Columbia, South Carolina, United States

  • Program Associate

    • 1978 - 1980
    • Columbia, South Carolina, United States

    Worked on school desegregation, community involvement, and fair school finance issues. Provided editorial and communications support. Authored The South Carolina Public School Sourcebook for parents, school advocates and progressive educators.

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  Parallax Media Projects

  • Columbia, South Carolina, United States

  • Senior Writer

    • Apr 1971 - Jul 1977
    • Columbia, South Carolina, United States

    Co-founder and senior writer at Osceola, South Carolina's first progressive statewide weekly newspaper, headquartered in Columbia and focused on politics, education, social justice and investigative reporting. Served as Co-Editor in 1976-77.