AJ Crabill

Student Outcomes Evangelist in Austin, Texas

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Student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change.

AJ Crabill, TEA's Deputy Commissioner for Governance, is responsible for supporting the agency's work regarding school improvement, charters, governance, complaints management, system support & innovation, investigations, school discipline/safety, waivers, and districts of innovation. Crabill served eight years on the board of the Kansas City (MO) Public Schools. Crabill currently chairs the annual conference for the International Policy Governance Association, and has provided governance training to school districts nationwide to help refocus school board members on the core mission of improving student outcomes. Guided by the idea that student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change and drawing on his intimate familiarity with the triumphs and terrors of America's safety nets for children, he has devoted much of his adult life to advocating for the well-being of our nation's most vulnerable youth.