Dwight D. Jones 

Founder & CEO 

Dwight Jones currently serves as president of Education Practice and Policy Partners. Prior to that, he served as Denver Public Schools’ interim superintendent and senior deputy superintendent, equity and engagement.

Before joining Denver Public Schools, he served as senior vice president of equity, inclusion & urban markets at McGraw-Hill Education. In his role, he worked with leading national, regional and local associations and organizations to find new ways to partner together to address the needs of administrators, teachers and students in some of the largest and most
academically diverse U.S. school districts. He also served as Discovery Communications’ superintendent in residence and provided strategic guidance and advice to the organization’s Education Division.
Before that, he served as the superintendent of Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, the nation’s fifth-largest school district. During his tenure there, he initiated a school reform agenda designed to raise the academic bar and ensure all of the district’s 315,000 students were prepared for college, a career or the military.

Prior to his time in Nevada, Dwight served as the Colorado commissioner of education, overseeing the education of more than 830,000 students across more than 1,700 schools in 178 public school districts. His efforts to revamp state standards, improve accountability and narrow achievement gaps, particularly those related to race and socioeconomic
status, have been recognized by governors, legislators and colleagues across the state. He also oversaw the development of the Colorado Growth Model, which depicts the overall achievement of individual schools and districts to administrators, educators and the public and has since been implemented in more than 15 states.

Dwight has been recognized by numerous organizations throughout his career. He has been awarded the AASA Distinguished Service Award (2019), the NAACP’s Heartbeat Award (2013), the Asian Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Award (2013), Chairman’s Award of Excellence, Nevada Latin Chamber of Commerce (2012), Alumni Fellow for Kansas State University’s College of Education (2011), and Troops to Teachers Hall of Fame (2010).