Naomi Rubin DeVeaux

A national expert in charter school education, Naomi Rubin DeVeaux is the Deputy Director of the Public Charter School Board. Since her start as an English teacher more than twenty years ago, Ms. DeVeaux has developed new tools and measurements, curricula, and policy initiatives that have shaped public education across the country. She has testified, presented, and written extensively on the role of charter schools in providing quality educational choices to K-12 students and their families. At DCPCSB, Ms. DeVeaux manages the team responsible for charter authorizing including negotiating charter agreements and holding schools accountable for meeting quality academic and non-academic standards. She and the DCPCSB team have developed an innovative suite of monitoring strategies – now used by charter authorizers elsewhere – which measure school performance, examine non-academic indicators such as attendance and discipline and evaluate learning based on classroom observations. Before joining DCPCSB in 2012, Ms. DeVeaux was Deputy Director at Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS), based in Washington, DC. Ms. DeVeaux earned her bachelor’s degree from Reed College, a teaching credential from Chapman University, and a Master in Curriculum and Instruction from California State University, Long Beach.

AAPF18 Sessions: 

Keeping Standards High for At-Promise Students in DC: The Story of One Authorizer and Two Schools

All students can learn. Neither authorizers nor schools should lower standards for at-promise students. DC’s authorizer understands the issues facing these youth and continues to raise the bar for academic performance through their Alternative Accountability Framework without squelching new ideas or leaders. Moreover, two schools who have different populations and approaches have seen impressive results with their students. Through an interactive discussion, learn how authorizers and schools can keep standards high even when approaches vary.