Janice Ellen Jackson

Lecturer on Education
Senior Associate for the Executive Education Leadership Program

Profile

Janice Jackson is a lecturer in Educational Leadership and Organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the Senior Associate on the Wallace funded Executive Leadership Program for Educators. The initiative is a multi-year collaborative effort of the Harvard Business School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, working with district and state superintendents and their teams to help bring high quality teaching and learning to scale. Dr. Jackson is also a faculty member in the Leadership for Change Program in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Prior to coming to the Harvard Graduate School of Education she was an assistant professor at Boston College in the Lynch School of Education with a joint appoint in the Department of Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum & Instruction and the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education. She entered higher education after serving as the Deputy Superintendent for the Boston Public Schools. During the first term of the Clinton Administration she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education for the U. S. Department of Education. She also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for the same organization. Dr. Jackson has held several positions with the Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin. She has been a consultant on issues related to the reform of urban schools.

At this time her research interests are focused on: 1. Bridging the gap between research and practice and leadership and organizational change in public school districts.

Degrees

• Ed.D., Harvard University