Brown Led State, National School Reform Efforts
Minneapolis. MN. 8.2.10. Morgan Brown, who most recently served as Assistant Commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), has joined Charter School Partners (charterschoolpartners.org) as its Director of School Improvement (see today’s Politics in Minnesota article).
Morgan Brown joins CSP
“Morgan Brown has spent the last decade as a state and national leader in the area of school reform, innovation and charter schools”, said Al Fan, Executive Director of Charter School Partners, a newly formed non-profit group focused on improving the academic achievement of Minnesota’s charter schools.“We are incredibly pleased and honored to have such a talent join our leadership team.”
In addition to his Assistant Commissioner position at MDE (2008-2010), Brown also served as Director of School Choice and Innovation (2003-2006). At MDE, Brown oversaw state initiatives for school choice, special education policy and American Indian education.
Brown gained national prominence as an advocate for public school choice and school reform as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC (2006-2008). He served as the department’s point person on school improvement and reform and oversaw programs in the areas of school choice, teacher and principal quality, education technology, and history and arts education.
Prior to 2003, Brown had 11 years of experience in nonprofit and public policy positions, several of which focused on K-12 education reform and outreach to families on education options.
Mr. Brown received his B.A. from Carleton College and completed fellowships at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and the Claremont Institute in California. Brown, lives in Edina with his wife, Susan, and their three children.