Linda Nathan is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Cambridge College, Puerto Rico, where she teaches courses in school design, school observation and organizational structures. She founded three school in the Boston Public Schools (Tobin, Fenway, Boston Arts Academy) and three non-profits, including the Perrone Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership. . As an experienced leader in education, Linda mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership, teaching with a commitment to racial justice and equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools. Linda is also an author with two widely praised books: The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test and When Grit Isn’t Enough.