Ramsey Merritt is the Director of Leadership Development for Reading (MA) Public Schools and a Lecturer in Education at Brandeis University. He has taught and coached mathematics at every level of the U.S. school system, in both public and independent schools from New York to California. Ramsey also runs an education consulting firm, Instructional Success Partners, LLC, which is focused on instructional leadership and has partnered with districts big and small, state departments, and national non-profits. Prior to his career in education, he worked in a variety of roles at the New York Times. Ramsey earned his doctorate in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.