Dr. Douglas Reeves is the founder of The Leadership and Learning Center. As part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a global educational leader, The Center serves school systems around the world. The author of 30 books and many articles on leadership and organizational effectiveness, Dr. Reeves has twice been named to the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series. Dr. Reeves was named the Brock International Laureate for his contributions to education. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Parents Choice Award for his writing for children and parents. He is the 2010 recipient of the National Staff Development Council’s Contribution to the Field Award. In writing the foreword to Doug’s most recent book, Michael Fullan wrote, “Reeves doesn’t just tell us what not to do. His research is so carefully documented and so clearly argued that we see precisely what should be our focus. . .Reeves takes us further and deeper into the critical territory of whole system reform. He does it with such elegance and relentless insistence that we are drawn – indeed, compelled – to want to take action.”
What Clients Say
“Dr. Reeves has been a frequent guest in Elkhart Community Schools over the past six years. We have come to rely on Doug to provide research updates on effective instruction and on the systems that support school improvement. He also provides our instructional leaders with validation of their improvement efforts, always based on data…
Doug meets or typically exceeds our expectations for delivery of timely information, cutting edge research, and support that helps reinforce our local efforts to keep our administrators ‘in the game.’ I realize that I have not followed the exact survey questions, as outlined, but hope that the comments provide important feedback in a slightly different style.”
—John Hill, Elkhart
“Thank you for your presentation at the ACSA Superintendents Symposium. Thank you for your outstanding leadership and work in support of student learning. I would appreciate a copy of your PowerPoint Presentation.”
—Dale J. Mitchell, Ed.D., Superintendent, Fallbrook Union High School District, Fallbrook, CA
“Thank you so much for coming to Wilmington yesterday. I have never received so many positive emails from staff on a district wide professional development program that we offered. Your presentation was all that you promised and more. I was particularly impressed by the ability you had to turn the burning questions into slides with responses. I hope that you will be able to return to Wilmington some day.”
—Joanne Benton, Assistant Superintendent, Wilmington Public Schools, MA
“Doug provided a great combination of theory and practical examples. I really appreciated his sense of humor and acknowledgement of reality. The whole session was well-structured.”
—Karen Thorburn, Assistant Principal, Reynella Primary School, Southern Adelaide, Australia
“Dr. Reeves is brilliant, well-informed, and articulate. Every question was clearly answered with a wealth of research-based information. Knowing that there is support from him and his organization that is free to schools is also invaluable.”
“It was excellent. You are an awesome “teacher.” This was one of the most valuable conferences I have attended in my 35 year career!”
“Beyond his high-intelligence, high-interest presentation style, Dr. Reeves uses his slides exceptionally well. What a thought- and action-provoking keynote!”
“Reeves is just amazing-refreshingly direct and so well armed to take on the predominant “yes, but…” culture of so many American public schools. Bravo.”
