Ken Futernick

Ken Futernick is a life-long educator, writer, and educational consultant to schools, school districts, and policy makers across the United States. He began his career as an elementary teacher near Sacramento and then earned MA and PhD degrees in education at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as a faculty member at California State University, Sacramento, for twenty years where he taught courses in education and conducted research on teacher retention, educational policy, and pre-service teacher education programs. He also served as chair of the Department of Teacher Education.

In 2008, Ken helped found and direct the School Turnaround Center at WestEd, a national nonprofit educational research and service organization based in San Francisco. He and his colleagues helped school leaders across the nation improve student outcomes by strengthening teaching and learning conditions

Ken lives in the Sierra foothills in California and can be reached at www.kenfuternick.org.