Wanted: Who Are Education's "Thought Leaders"?

A friend asked me the other day who were the "thought leaders" in education reform and once I got done making fun of the term I realized I didn't have a good answer.  I can think of lots of hyperactive advocates and commentators, a handful of zealots and visionaries, and no end to slow-talking academics.  But I wasn't sure I could think of anyone with that mix of close familiarity with the field who retains a quality of dispassionate observation -- someone who would say what he or she thought even if it didn't advance or discredit a favorite program or approach.  A straight shooter, smart and able to think and speak on multiple levels (programs, policy, politics).  Can you? Some possible candidates -- I'm really not sure -- might be Rick Hess, or Matt DiCarlo, or  _____________?  Maybe they're out there and I'm missing them, or maybe there are people who are more balanced and thoughtful than I realize.  My ears might need adjustment.  Please, no self-nominations.  

Comments

[Grant]

Bo Adams, leaving Westminster Schools in Atlanta to start Ed group at Unboundary.

John Hunter, World Peace Game

Keith Evans, Head of Collegiate School in Richmond, VA

[Larry]

I'd suggest Linda Darling Hammond.

Larry

[Sarah]

I second either Matt DiCarlo or Bo Adams. I can’t think of anyone more qualified off the top of my head.

[SuSaw]

Millie Hau, Director, Scholars Program, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, is an education thought leader and making a difference in students' lives NOW. She's taught in public and private schools, domestically and abroad. She oversees this privately supported program to get public school students to and through college. A second chapter recently opened in the Bay Area. www.seo-usa.org

[Neal]

Michael Moe, the publisher of Edu Weekly, is a thought leader, in that what he says about the future of education normally becomes true. He was speaking to the value and possibilities of online education in 1996, with his book "The Dawn of the Age of Knowledge." His suite of newsletters are an accurate predictor of next steps in the education world, which is why people from academics clean through to industry folks read them religiously.

It's not just me who says so -- he is Co-Chair of the Arizona State Education Innovation Council. Moe is the definition of a thought leader.

[kapil singh]

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