Introducing District Administration’s first annual comprehensive list—in no particular order—of some of the country’s most influential, impactful leaders and innovators in K12 education. Collectively but in varying capacities they’re helping shape the future of students across the country— and around the world—by turning their passions into actions:

Linda Darling-Hammond is a world-renowned education researcher who serves as president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank focused on creating equitable access to education. She is a professor of education emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
The DA 100 education influencers list. (Keep checking back until it’s complete).



