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Who is Catalpa Ltd.?

Principal Partner
Thomas A. Wilson founded Catalpa in 1996. His doctoral training was as a researcher in human development, school organizations, social psychology and anthropology. He has applied his skills to the tough issues of public education change since 1963. His central interest throughout his career in public school reform has been in the generation of knowledge that promotes actual improvement in student learning in classrooms. He has devoted the last fourteen years to the study, development and application of Practice-Based Inquiry.

Associates
Catalpa relies on the advice and work of a spirited group of associates whose experience ranges across a number of academic fields, practitioner experience and national borders. Some are past or present clients. They include:

Michael Alexander. Education Consultant, Chicago.

Larry Cuban. Professor Emeritus of Education, Stanford University.

William Derrig. PMP, MBA, Principal, ByNet Software, Inc.

Pamela Gray-Bennett. Director of the Commission on Public Secondary Schools, New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Rick Richards. SALT Project Manager, Rhode Island Department of Education.

Arnold Shore. Professor of Research, Lynch School of Education, Boston College.

Timothy Tolman. Partner, Tolman Interactive Inc.

Mitch Turner. President, BlueWave Consulting.

Kim Zalent. Director, Chicago Schools Alliance.

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Catalpa Ltd. and Practice-Based Inquiry®

Practice-Based Inquiry offers new and exciting possibilities for your school or school district, your professional service organization or your communication management organization to learn how well you provide professional service. Through 14 years of research and field testing, Catalpa Ltd. has built and tested this rigorous, state of the art methodology for conducting team inquiry visits.

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video Learning in Person
To get you started, we are happy to provide a selection of videos from Catalpa founder Tom Wilson.  go there >

 

 


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