Candace brings experience in both policy and practice to the executive director position in D.C. Prior to joining the Teach Plus team, she was the assistant director for pre-K-12 school and district assistance at the Education Trust, a non-profit focused on eliminating the achievement gap and improving achievement for all students. As a member of that team, she worked directly with schools and districts improving assignments for students and providing coaching and professional development on practices to close achievement gaps. Ms. Crawford started at Ed Trust as a member of the teacher quality team coordinating the Instructional Practices of Effective Teachers study, a two-year study of middle school math teachers in the Kansas City, MO area. She has taught sixth-grade math and middle and high school history. She has also worked in higher education, serving as an assistant director of residential life and assistant women’s basketball coach at Bowdoin College. Ms. Crawford is a trustee of Capital City Public Charter School, an award winning expeditionary learning school in DC. Ms. Crawford earned her bachelor’s degree in history at Dartmouth College and her master’s degree in education policy at the University of Pennsylvania.