NATIONAL Expert Available to DiscusS how to reform and improve failing schools, provide intervention in the classroom
Arthur Griffin, longtime educator and head of McGraw-Hill School Education Group’s
Urban Advisory Resource, available for print and broadcast interviews
TOPIC: With the Obama Administration’s fiscal stimulus package poised to provide the largest number of dollars ever allocated to public education, many school districts are adopting measures to help turn around failing or underperforming schools and help students with special learning needs realize their full academic potential.
Educators, school administrators, policymakers and parents are wondering what can be done to ensure intervention programs are developed and implemented in ways that provide effective and measurable results.SOURCE: With more than 20 years in public education administration, Arthur Griffin leads McGraw-Hill’s Urban Advisory Resource team, which develops intervention-style teaching and learning materials for Pre-K through 12th grade and higher education. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Dropout Prevention Network. Specifically, Arthur can discuss these and other issues:
· How to transform failing or underperforming school districts
· Trends in and the unique needs of urban school districts
· How to identify struggling students and when and how to intervene
· How to monitor student performance and screen for academic and behavioral problems
· How teachers, schools and parents can work collaboratively to ensure student success
BIO: Arthur Griffin is senior vice president of Urban Advisory Resource for McGraw-Hill School Education Group’s Urban Advisory Resource. In this role, Arthur works closely with sales teams, school administrators and school board members in identifying solutions and strategies to achieve their number one priority: student achievement.
Arthur has more than 21 years experience in public education administration. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill Education, he served 17 years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in North Carolina. Arthur distinguished himself as chair of the school board from 1997 to 2002. He recently received the Richard R. Green award as National Educator of the Year, sponsored by the Council of the Great City Schools. He earned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the University of the State of New York at Albany. He served as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army.
Arthur is also the author of the policy paper “Response to Intervention: High Standards for a New Level of Achievement,”which can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/