Paul D. Goren

Paul D. Goren is the director of the Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity (E4) at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. He previously served as superintendent of schools for the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in Illinois, where he implemented early literacy curricular reforms, established climate teams and approaches to social-emotional learning and restorative justice, and led a robust equity agenda. Goren has also been senior vice president for program at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) in Chicago; interim chief for strategy and accountability for Chicago Public Schools; and executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research. He served for over a decade as senior vice president of the Spencer Foundation and as a program director for child and youth development at the MacArthur Foundation. Goren earned a BA in political science from Williams College, an MPA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a PhD in education policy and administration from Stanford University.

updated 2025