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Denis P. Doyle is SchoolNet’s co-founder and Chief Academic Officer. He is an internationally known education analyst and writer who provides thought leadership and vision to SchoolNet’s solutions. In his latest book, Raising the Standard, Denis outlines an eight-step process by which districts can create standards-based, performance-driven schools. The book provides case studies of four school districts that successfully followed the process and are now recognized for superior performance. SchoolNet’s solutions leverage the recommendations from Doyle’s work, providing school districts with a blueprint and tools for standards-based, data-driven education improvement.

Denis’s career began as an education consultant to the California legislature. He later joined the federal government as an Assistant Director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity where he developed major education reform projects. He was transferred by executive order to the U.S. Office of Education where he served as an Assistant Director of the National Institute of Education. Since that time, Denis has served in three think tanks: the Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, , and Hudson Institute. He has written over 200 articles for both scholarly and popular publications, ranging from the Atlantic Monthly to the Washington Post. An authority on business and education, he was a member of the National Commission on Time and Learning and was a founding board member of the Coordinating Council for International Universities which created the American University of Afghanistan

Denis was an appointed to the The School District of Philadelphia’s School Empowerment Board and continues to serve as an advisor to SchoolNet’s SDP projects. He also serves on the boards of the Ball Foundation and was a member of the board of City Lights, a Washington, D.C.-based not-for-profit school serving disturbed youngsters.

Denis earned his A.B. and M.A. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.


About the Summit Overview Agenda Speakers Tourism Archives Join Us Registration Lodging Transportation Contact Us	Denis P. Doyle, SchoolNet Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer Denis P. Doyle is SchoolNet’s co-founder and Chief Academic Officer. He is an internationally known education analyst and writer who provides thought leadership and vision to SchoolNet’s solutions. In his latest book, Raising the Standard, Denis outlines an eight-step process by which districts can create standards-based, performance-driven schools. The book provides case studies of four school districts that successfully followed the process and are now recognized for superior performance. SchoolNet’s solutions leverage the recommendations from Doyle’s work, providing school districts with a blueprint and tools for standards-based, data-driven education improvement. Denis’s career began as an education consultant to the California legislature. He later joined the federal government as an Assistant Director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity where he developed major education reform projects. He was transferred by executive order to the U.S. Office of Education where he served as an Assistant Director of the National Institute of Education. Since that time, Denis has served in three think tanks: the Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, , and Hudson Institute. He has written over 200 articles for both scholarly and popular publications, ranging from the Atlantic Monthly to the Washington Post. An authority on business and education, he was a member of the National Commission on Time and Learning and was a founding board member of the Coordinating Council for International Universities which created the American University of Afghanistan Denis was an appointed to the The School District of Philadelphia’s School Empowerment Board and continues to serve as an advisor to SchoolNet’s SDP projects. He also serves on the boards of the Ball Foundation and was a member of the board of City Lights, a Washington, D.C.-based not-for-profit school serving disturbed youngsters. Denis earned his A.B. and M.A. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.