Tempe Elementary School District Superintendent Dr. James Driscoll was recently selected to join the 2023-24 Fellowship for Public Education Leadership cohort run by the Broad Center at the Yale School of Management.

The fellowship, made up of 19 senior-level public education leaders from across the United States, will work together to examine challenges that currently affect public education, and reimagine possibilities for students in the future. 

Starting this fall, Driscoll will begin the executive leadership program intended to bring the brightest minds in public education together. 

The fellows will meet four times over 10 months and will be exposed to leading management research on effective public education systems and educational policy. These topics are intended to be applied to the public school systems in which these leaders serve. 

“I am honored to be joining the Broad Fellowship at the Yale School of Management which I believe will help bring Tempe Elementary closer to my long-term goal of changing the educational outcomes for all students, and the work experiences for all employees in our district,” Driscoll said.  

Driscoll has set forth a clear vision for Tempe Elementary through the implementation of the district’s strategic plan, which includes the goal of all students having access to engaging and meaningful instruction taught by high-quality educators no matter what school they attend within the district.

“All students deserve to have outstanding learning experiences,” shared Driscoll. “I see the Broad Fellowship at Yale as a communion of individuals who share a strong commitment to expand access to world-class public education to every American student, and I am excited to learn from them.”

The Broad Fellowship at Yale — a “think tank” style program — also places an emphasis on connecting fellows with leading practitioners in the field to help further their transformative work. 

Driscoll believes that this will help strengthen the important efforts that Tempe Elementary staff are leading each and every day.

“I know that I don’t have all of the answers or solutions for the problems our district may encounter, but I know that I want to be the best leader I can possibly be for the students and employees that I proudly serve,” he explained. “I believe that in starting this dialogue among my counterparts across the nation, I will be able to better help Tempe Elementary students, employees, and community obtain the outcomes I deeply dream for them to achieve.