Joe has worked in education for over 20 years, including as a teacher, principal, and district administrator, and is the founder and CEO of Crescendo Education Group (crescendoedgroup.org), which since 2013 has supported hundreds of K-12 schools, districts, and colleges/universities nationwide and thousands of teachers and administrators to improve grading and assessment practices. His organization has partnered with the National Education Association as well as the American Federation of Teachers, National Association of Independent Schools, and Stanford University’s Challenge Success, and Joe leads the Equitable Grading Project (equitablegradingproject.org), which researches the impact of improved grading on students and their teachers. He has presented at numerous education conferences, including the California School Boards Association and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and has been interviewed by many local and national media outlets, including CNN and the Los Angeles Times. His writings have been published in Education Week, Kappan, Education Leadership, District Administrator, and Black Press USA, and his book, Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms (Corwin) first published in 2018, has just been published in its second edition. Joe earned his B.A. from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard School of Education. He lives in Oakland with his wife and two children.
