Paul Reville is the Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He is the founding director of HGSE's Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) and former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As Governor Patrick's top education adviser, Reville established a new Executive Office of Education and had oversight of higher education, K-12, and early education in the nation's leading student achievement state. He served in the Governor's Cabinet and played a leading education reform role on matters ranging from the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 and Common Core State Standards to the Commonwealth's highly successful Race to the Top proposal. Prior to joining the Patrick Administration, Reville chaired the Massachusetts State Board of Education, founded the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, co-founded the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE), chaired the Massachusetts Reform Review Commission and the Massachusetts Commission on Time and Learning, and served as executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform. A member of the HGSE faculty since 1997, Reville has served as director of the Education Policy and Management Program. He is a board member and adviser to a host of organizations, including BellXcel, Purpose Built Communities, Bellwether, City Year Boston, Boston After School and Beyond, and Harvard Medical School's MEDscience. He is the educator commentator on Boston Public Radio, GBH. He edited the book “A Decade of Urban School Reform Persistence and Progress in the Boston Public Schools” and recently co-authored two books, one with Elaine Weiss, entitled “Broader, Bolder, Better: How Schools and Communities Help Students Overcome the Disadvantages of Poverty” and the other written with Lynne Sacks, entitled, “Collaborative Action for Equity and Opportunity”. He holds a B.A. from Colorado College, an M.A. from Stanford University and five honorary doctorate degrees.
