Dr. Lori Rhodes is currently an Associate Superintendent with Stamford Public Schools in Connecticut. In her current work as a district administrator, she focuses on family and community engagement, innovative educational opportunities to provide access and opportunity for each student, principal supervision and support, and student discipline. Prior to this, Lori was an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, a secondary school site administrator and founding principal of a charter high school, and a bilingual (Spanish) teacher. At the time of publication. Dr. Rhodes was a research intern for CRPE.
In this working paper, Michael Kirst suggests that a productive education system would focus relatively greater resources on out-of-school interventions, especially for the most disadvantaged children.