Independent Consultant, 50CAN
Ed Kirby is now an independent consultant who formerly served on the Walton Family Foundation’s education reform team, whose mission is to empower American parents to choose great schools for their children. Previously he served on the public sector team that launched the Massachusetts charter school initiative. Before his work in Massachusetts, Kirby worked as a writer and public policy analyst documenting attempted reforms of American schooling. Kirby began his career as a high school English teacher and now chairs the 50CAN Action Fund.