Daniel Baron has spent over 40 years working in public, private and Native American education, and pre-K through college, as a teacher, coach, and whole school change facilitator and curriculum developer. Daniel is a founder of the Harmony Education Center in Bloomington, Indiana. Daniel is a founder of The Project School and currently serves as the Executive Director of The School Project Foundation.

For the last 20 years, Daniel’s work has focused on providing exemplary professional development to school districts and equity-based projects across the country, including partnerships with Indiana University and the University of Indianapolis, the Small Schools Coaching Collaborative, the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Rural Schools and Community Trust, and ATLAS Learning Communities. Daniel served as the co-director of the National School Reform Faculty for 6 years. Daniel wrote a monthly column, “The Instructional Leader” for National Association of Secondary School Principals’ journal, Principal Leadership for two years.