Steven Adamowski

Steven Adamowski is a nationally recognized school reformer, innovation leader, and equity champion with a track record of improving education opportunities and outcomes for students over 40 years in education leadership, research, and teaching. As Superintendent of Schools, he led the turnaround of the Cincinnati, Ohio, public schools, the redesign of Hartford, Connecticut'sportfolio of schools, and the education recovery of Norwalk, CT, to become the highest-performing city school district in the State during his tenure.

Following his success in Hartford, Adamowski was named Special Master by the Connecticut State Board of Education to carry out state supervision of the New London and Windham, Connecticut school districts. He has been involved in the design, creation, and support of numerous high-performing schools, including small high schools.

He held the position of Senior Fellow at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, DC, where he assisted urban school districts to improve their effectiveness. He also served as Associate Secretary of Education in Delaware, where he played a key role in that state's early education reform efforts, including the development of content standards, state assessments, and accountability, and where he oversaw the development of the first state resource center devoted to facilitating experiential science education.

Dr. Adamowski earned graduate degrees from Trinity College, Hartford, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership from St. Louis University. He has taught as a visiting or clinical professor at the University of Missouri, the University of Cincinnati, and the George Washington University School of Education and Human Development. For the past ten years, he has served as an instructor and mentor to aspiring Superintendents at the University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education's Executive Leadership Program (ELP), where he teaches the Data-Driven Leadership for District Improvement course.