In her journey to expand professional enrichment and to share knowledge, Molly has been invited to present and share best practices at conferences and workshops over the years, including the U.S. Department of Education, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Michigan Association of Public
School Academies, the Michigan Association of
Middle School Educators, the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter
Schools and The Governor John Engler Center for Charter
Schools at
Central Michigan University.
1 We consulted the following
educators by e-mail and telephone: Jacqueline Ancess, Codirector, National Center for Restructuring Education,
Schools, and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and founding Principal of Manhattan East
Middle School, New York, NY; Sanda Balaban, Autonomy Zone Liaison for New York City Department of Education and Coordinator of Homework Audit for New Mission High
School, Roxbury, MA; Avram Barlowe, history teacher, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Ann Cook, Codirector, Urban Academy, and Cochair, New York Performance Standards Consortium, New York, NY; Cecelia Cunningham, Director of
Middle College National Consortium and former Principal of
Middle College High
School at LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY; Herb Mack, Codirector, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar, New York University, Steinhardt
School of Education, and founding Principal of
Central Park East Elementary and Secondary
Schools, New York, NY, and Mission Hill
School, Boston, MA; Marian Mogulescu, education consultant and former Codirector of Vanguard High
School, New York, NY; and Sylvia Rabiner, Project Manager, the Institute for Student Achievement, and founding Principal of Landmark High
School, New York, NY.