Crystal A. Moore, PhDSystems Thinker
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Crystal A. Moore, PhD is a systems thinker committed to helping public schools become the equitable and socially just places that all students deserve. For the last two decades she has worked in partnership with public school systems to identify educational challenges across their systems, develop action plans to address the issues and implement their plans through continuous improvement using improvement science techniques. Previously, she served as Director of Educator Engagement at EdTrust–West, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the California education system.
Crystal earned her doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research interests explore disparities in educational outcomes and systems change. She employs mixed qualitative and quantitative methods and draws from theories related to organizational studies, social capital and stratification with an explicit interest in public education. Through research-practice partnerships, Crystal’s projects have explored excellence in an outperforming district, educational inequality within a high-achieving district and the experiences of African American school leaders in an urban district.
Crystal graduated cum laude in the undergraduate policy program of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where she was a Mellon Minority Undergraduate Research Fellow and received the Priscilla Glickman ’92 Award for Commitment to Community Service. She also has a master’s degree in elementary education from the University of Pennsylvania and a second master’s in sociology from Stanford University.
Born in New York City and raised by a working-class, single mother, Crystal’s history inspires her commitment to educational equity. She began her teaching career in Philadelphia, where she was able to work with third and fourth graders at three schools across the city. After leaving the classroom, Crystal became an expert in early literacy assessment, instruction and intervention, partnering with Reading First schools and districts across the US to provide differentiated instruction to elementary students. Eventually, she landed in Washington, DC, where she worked as an instructional coach, district professional development specialist and leadership coach in the DC Public School system.
Crystal earned her doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research interests explore disparities in educational outcomes and systems change. She employs mixed qualitative and quantitative methods and draws from theories related to organizational studies, social capital and stratification with an explicit interest in public education. Through research-practice partnerships, Crystal’s projects have explored excellence in an outperforming district, educational inequality within a high-achieving district and the experiences of African American school leaders in an urban district.
Crystal graduated cum laude in the undergraduate policy program of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where she was a Mellon Minority Undergraduate Research Fellow and received the Priscilla Glickman ’92 Award for Commitment to Community Service. She also has a master’s degree in elementary education from the University of Pennsylvania and a second master’s in sociology from Stanford University.
Born in New York City and raised by a working-class, single mother, Crystal’s history inspires her commitment to educational equity. She began her teaching career in Philadelphia, where she was able to work with third and fourth graders at three schools across the city. After leaving the classroom, Crystal became an expert in early literacy assessment, instruction and intervention, partnering with Reading First schools and districts across the US to provide differentiated instruction to elementary students. Eventually, she landed in Washington, DC, where she worked as an instructional coach, district professional development specialist and leadership coach in the DC Public School system.