Background:
Anson Jackson is a senior partner and academic and program strategy leader in the Strategic Advising practice area at Bellwether.
Anson has devoted more than 20 years to public education, focused on educational excellence for all students. As an education leader, he has overseen innovative school design, school turnaround, and leadership development. In his role at Bellwether, he has supported districts, charters, and nonprofit organizations across the country.
Before joining Bellwether, Anson served as the deputy chief of schools at Uplift Education in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he oversaw 22 secondary schools as they navigated teaching and learning through the COVID-19 pandemic. He served as superintendent of Summit Public Schools in the Bay Area from 2018 to 2020. There, he played an integral role in leader development and in the design of the network’s equitable goal-setting framework.
Anson also served as a managing director at Uplift Education, managing and coaching middle school principals serving more than 4,000 students. At Uplift, he set the vision for leader development for principals, oversaw schools implementing the International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Program, and partnered with the Bush Institute to improve middle school math achievement. Prior to his work in district leadership, Anson was a principal at one of the most diverse middle schools in Texas — Uplift Summit International Preparatory — where he essentially closed all achievement gaps between student groups. He also led successful turnaround efforts at Uplift Mighty in Fort Worth. Anson began his career in education as a math teacher and was a Teach For America Corps member in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Anson graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and earned his M.Ed. in educational leadership and policy from Southern Methodist University.
Why I do this work:
I firmly believe that a high-quality education is a right for all children, and it is unacceptable that many of our young people historically have not been provided this right based on circumstance, societal inequities, and/or race. I hope my work at Bellwether supporting districts, networks, and school systems will move our country closer to making a high-quality education a reality for all children.
Experience at Bellwether:
Strategic Planning; Growth and Expansion Strategy; Teacher Evaluation and Development Systems; Performance Improvement/Sustainability; Performance Metrics; Implementation Planning; Project Management; CMO/Charter School Operators; District Schools; School Improvement and Transformation; Cohort Design and Facilitation
Sample clients:
Texas Education Agency, Annenberg Foundation, KIPP Texas, NewSchools Venture Fund, Education Forward DC, Overdeck Family Foundation, Opportunity 180, and Charter School Growth Fund, Men of Color in Education Leadership, Paul Quinn College
Contact Information
Issue Expertise
Charter Schools
Innovation and Personalized Learning
Teacher and School Leader Quality
Urban Education
