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[quote=Anonymous]Not a BASIS booster but I happened to meet Ms. Siddall recently and I was curious (after seeing the many anti-BASIS threads, including the one with the long-winded "commentary" on the political agenda of the organization) and found her bio (below) on the BASIS website.  I assumed she was a BASIS "person" - a transfer from AZ - but she has deep roots in the education movement here in DC.  After all the complaints about BASIS' elitism (I may have, despite myself, bought into some of the rhetoric), I have to admit I was surprised to see that she helped to establish AppleTree Institute.  From all that I have heard, AppleTree is excellent and has locations all over the city and a great reputation for serving its diverse students very well.

Mary Riner Siddall brings more than 20 years of education, executive leadership, fundraising, and marketing experience to her role as Executive Head of School. Inspired by the lack of quality choices for low-income students, she created and ran the No Excuses Campaign to put the spotlight on high-performing, high-poverty schools across the country to illustrate that all children can succeed academically, regardless of their background or income.  This national campaign heralded in the modern school reform movement as we know it, showcasing the best practices of successful charter schools.
A passionate advocate for disadvantaged youth, Mary helped establish several student-focused organizations such as AppleTree Institute, Alliance for School Choice, and DC Parents for School Choice through her fundraising efforts. When her own children became school-aged, her national focus turned to DC Public Schools and the DC charter school movement, where she has been heavily involved in school quality and turnaround efforts. An expert on parent engagement, she is a founding board member of DC School Reform Now, an organization formed to help ensure all DC children receive a quality education. Mary has also been working with pre-kindergarten through high school students as an instructor for the last five years at St. John’s Church, and is the founder and an advisory board member of America's Future Foundation.
Mary possesses a B.A. in Humanities with Honors from Washington College, studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and did graduate work in The School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America.[/quote]

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