Glenn E. Singleton President & Founder

Glenn Eric Singleton hails from Baltimore, Maryland.  A product of public elementary and independent secondary school, Singleton earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Masters degree from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.  Singleton began his career as an Ivy League admissions director.  In 1992, he founded Pacific Educational Group, Inc. (PEG) to more closely support families in their transitions within and between K–12 and higher education.  His company later grew into its intended mission of addressing systemic issues of educational inequity by providing guidance to districts as to how to meet the needs of underserved student of color populations.

Singleton and his associates design and deliver individualized, comprehensive support for school districts and state department offices in the form of leadership training, coaching and consulting.  Working at all levels from superintendents to beginning teachers, PEG helps educators focus on heightening their awareness of institutional racism and developing effective strategies for eliminating racial educational disparity in their schools.  In 1995, Singleton developed “Beyond Diversity,” a nationally recognized seminar aimed at helping administrators, teachers, students and parents identify, define and examine the powerful intersection of race and schooling. The “Beyond Diversity” seminar has provided a foundation for PEG-led principal leadership development and teacher action-research work.  Today, thousands of seminar participants throughout the country practice the agreements and conditions of “Courageous Conversation” as they struggle to usher in culturally proficient curriculum, instruction and assessment.

In 2003, Singleton was the recipient of the National School Public Relations Association Eugene T. Carothers Human Relations Award for outstanding service in the fields of human rights and human relations.  He has appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” has hosted and produced educational programs for cable access television, and has written numerous articles on the topics of equity, institutional racism, leadership and staff development for national journals, magazines and newspapers.  He is also the author of a book entitled Courageous Conversations About Race: A Strategy for Achieving Equity in Schools. Since its publication in 2006, the book has earned a “Book of the Year” award from the National Staff Development Council and “One Million Dollar Author” recognition from Corwin Press.

Since 2004, Singleton has served as an adjunct professor of educational leadership at San José State University.  His graduate level courses provide a way for educators to develop the will, skill, knowledge and capacity to lead for racial equity.  He has also previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley on the topic of equity in education. Singleton is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and consultant to a variety of school reform and support provider organizations and educational consortia.  In 2009, Singleton was selected to serve on the California State Board of Education’s African American Advisory Committee, where he is charged with helping shape policies for providing equitable education for the state’s lowest-performing students. 

Singleton currently resides in San Francisco, California.  He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Bay Area Coalition of Equitable Schools.  Singleton is the founder of the Foundation for a College Education (FCE) and currently serves on the FCE Advisory Board.

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