Betty is a consultant with Unified Champion Schools and serves as the Co-Chair of the National Education Leaders Network (NELN). Her work focuses on supporting the NELN, expanding connections with middle level schools and the Association for Middle Level Education, and supporting the development of articles on UCS for collaborating partners. She assists State Programs in establishing and enhancing their Education Leaders Networks (ELN), and she serves as a reviewer for various UCS resources.
Before joining the Unified Champion Schools team, Betty had a strong background in education, working as a teacher and school, district and state administrator. She was selected by Kentucky’s Governor Wallace Wilkinson to chair a committee on middle level education in preparation for Kentucky’s expansive education reform legislation of 1990. She also served as the Executive Director of the Association for Middle Level Education, Vice President of Measured Progress, Associate Director of the National Study of School Evaluation, and Director of Curriculum and Assessment for the Kentucky Department of Education.
National Education Leaders Network Members
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Andrea Cahn
Senior Vice President, Unified Champion Schools -
Dr. Betty Edwards
Co-Chair -
Molly McCloskey
NELN Facilitator -
Dr. Steve Amaro
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Dr. Sheldon Berman
NELN Co-Chair -
Dr. Tami Jo Cook
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William Duncan
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Austin Fellman
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Dr. Joshua Garcia
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Dr. Frances Gipson
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Dr. Terry Jackson
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Lindsay Jones, J.D.
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José Muñoz
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Erin O’Sullivan
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Jennifer Paolantonio
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Karen Pittman
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S. Kwesi Rollins
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Daryl Smith
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Brenda Welburn
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Dr. Lu Settles Young
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