Judy Burton
Board Member (term ending 6/30/2014)

As President and CEO of the Alliance for College-Ready Public schools, Judy Burton brings extensive expertise in successfully leading and operating public schools. A major emphasis of her work has been improving student achievement for all students with particular focus on students of poverty in underachieving communities. Ms. Burton has successfully impacted students at risk through best practices in leadership development, teacher professional development, and parent community engagement. Under her leadership over the past four years, the Alliance has created and is successfully operating ten secondary charter schools in Los Angeles, all of which are performing significantly better than neighboring schools in student achievement.

Ms. Burton served as Superintendent of Local District B in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest of 11 local districts with 83 pre K-12 schools serving more than 80,000 students in the North and Northeast San Fernando Valley school communities. During her tenure, elementary schools achieved significant improvement in literacy and math performance on state and local tests. Secondary schools succeeded in improving classroom instruction and demonstrated noteworthy progress in academic growth and instructional best practices. As a former Assistant Superintendent, Ms. Burton headed the LAUSD Office of School Reform where she led the implementation of reform efforts throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District including administration of Charter Schools, School-Based Management, LEARN, and Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Programs (CSRD) in 780 Pre K-12 schools. Ms. Burton has been widely recognized at state and national levels for her leadership in the LAUSD implementation of the $53 million Annenberg Challenge Grant involving more than 200 schools in 22 pre K-12 families of schools. She has spoken nationwide on urban school reform issues. She has been a key leader in educational reform throughout her career as teacher, principal, consultant, and Assistant Superintendent, guiding the implementation of systemic reform in collaboration with parents and community members, teachers, the business community, and universities researching the impact of reform.