Dr. Michael Kirst, Special Honoree

Dr. Michael W. Kirst is the longest serving President of the California State Board of Education, with his second and final term from 2011 to 2019, and a Stanford University Emeritus Professor of Education. Dr. Kirst received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College, his M.P.A. in government and economics from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in political economy and government from Harvard.

Before joining the Stanford University faculty, Dr. Kirst held several positions with the federal government, including: Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Manpower, Employment & Poverty; Director of Program Planning & Evaluation for the Bureau of Elementary & Secondary Education; Budget Examiner in the Office of Budget & Management; and Associate Director of the White House Fellows. He was a program analyst for the Title I ESEA Program at its inception in 1965. Dr. Kirst served on the Board of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation for 11 years.

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