Stephanie Pace Marshall was voted by the members and visitors of Universe Spirit as our Futurist Artist for Summer quarter 2006
Stephanie Pace Marshall is the founding President of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) an internationally-recognized pioneering educational institution created in 1985 by the State of Illinois to develop talent and leadership in mathematics, science and technology teaching and learning. IMSA's advanced residential college preparatory program enrolls 650 academically talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 19,000 teachers and 43,000 students in Illinois and beyond have benefited from The Center@IMSA programs of professional development and student enrichment. Located in Aurora in the high-tech corridor west of Chicago, IMSA serves the people of Illinois through innovative instructional programs, public and private partnerships, policy counsel, action research, and the leadership and achievements of its graduates. See www.IMSA.com .
Marshall is internationally recognized as a pioneer and innovative leader and teacher and an inspiring speaker and writer on leadership, learning and schooling, and the design of generative and life-affirming learning organizations. She has published over thirty articles in professional journals and was an author for the Drucker Foundation’s series Organizations of the Future. She served as an editor and chapter author of Scientific Literacy for the 21st Century (2002) and was a contributing advisor to Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U. S. High Schools (published by the National Academy of Science in 2002).
Marshall was the founding president of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools in Mathematics, Science and Technology, and the president of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), one of the world’s largest international education associations. She was elected a fellow in the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers, and Commerce in London, England and serves on the board of the Queen Noor Foundation in Amman, Jordan, and several other foundation and corporate boards in the United States.
Marshall has been recognized by the R J R Nabisco Corporation as one of the nation’s most innovative educational leaders and by the National Association of School Boards as one of North America’s 100 Best Educators. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her leadership, including the Distinguished Service Award from the U. S. Marine Corp, the Woman Extraordinaire Award by the International Women’s Association, and the Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award from the Boy Scouts of America. She earned her Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago and has received three honorary doctorates in science and in arts and letters.
Marshall has worked in every level of education: superintendent of schools, a district curriculum administrator, a graduate school faculty member, and an elementary and middle school teacher. Along with her formal leadership positions, she consults with national and international policy leaders and practitioners and is a dynamic speaker. As a result of her achievements, in 2005 she was inducted into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois and was designated a Laureate of the Academy, the state’s highest award for achievement that “contributes to the betterment of mankind.”
She has two stepchildren and five grandchildren and lives in Wheaton, Illinois with her husband Robert and as often as they can, they travel to their home, Kaleidoscope Mountain, in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Books by Ms. Marshall:
- The Power to Transform:
Leadership that Brings Learning and Schooling to Life
Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2006
- Science Literacy for the 21st Century
Prometheus Books, 2002
Editors: Stephanie Pace Marshall, Michael Palmisano, Judith Scheppler
Articles by Stephanie Pace Marshall:
- A Decidedly Different Mind
SHIFT: At the Frontiers of Consciousness, Sept.-Nov., 2005; p. 10.15. - The Learning Story of the Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
Invited paper delivered at the Presidential Session of the AECT International Conference, Denver, CO, Oct, 2000. - A New Story of Learning and Schooling
The School Administrator, December, 1999; p. 31-33. - Creating Pioneers for an Unknown Land: Education for the Future
NASSP Bulletin, May, 1998; p.48-55. - Creating Conditions for The Developing and Nurturing Talent: The Work of School Leaders
NASSP Bulletin, February, 1998; p. 75-84.
Stephanie Pace Marshall; Martin Ramirez; Kathy Plinske; Catherine Veal - Does Education and Training Get in the Way of Learning?
Delivered to the Royal Society on January 15, 1997, and synopsis published for the RSA Journal, March, 1997; London, England. - Creating Sustainable Learning Communities for the Twenty-First Century
In F. Hesselbein, M. Goldsmith, and R. Beckhard, eds., The Organization of the Future, published by the Drucker Foundation, 1997; p. 177-188. - The Vision, Meaning, and Language of Educational Transformation
The School Administrator, January, 1995; p. 8-15. - Our Gifted Children: Are They Asking Too Much?
Gifted Child Quarterly, Volume 38, No. 4, Fall, 1994; p. 187-192.
To learn more about Ms. Marshall, please visit www.stephaniepacemarshal.com