Dr Simone Wright

Dr. Simone Wright leads with an unwavering commitment to ensuring education is an effective tool to drive each student‘s success. She believes that each student’s educational experience should be a driver to equip them with the skills and mindsets to write their success narrative. Dr. Wright’s perspective on the purpose of education solidified during her various experiences in Houston, Texas, where she served as a high school chemistry teacher and in various instructional leadership roles across the city. She led an underperforming school to receive the state’s highest accountability rating, a first for any campus in the northeast Houston community. Dr. Wright served as a Special Advisor in the Chief Academic Office at the New York City Department of Education. While there, she launched an ambitious curriculum reform effort that uplifted the significance of engaging students, families, educators, and community members to inform the development stages of curricula. Dr. Wright is excited to continue to expand her influence as a systems leader in education as the Chief of Academics for Denver Public Schools. She takes the charge, personally, of ensuring the learning experiences for students across DPS act as a catalyst to accelerate their trajectory- specifically for historically underserved students. Dr. Wright received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and a doctorate from Harvard Graduate School of Education