Mike Lamb joined Turnaround for Children in 2013 as Director of District Engagement, partnering with school districts to infuse Turnaround’s interventions at the district level and support successful implementation in schools. Mike also works on federal, state, and district policy issues to broaden the reach of Turnaround and its key priorities. Mike comes to Turnaround from the U.S. Department of Education, where in 2009 he was appointed Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and helped lead the Office of Civil Rights’ strategic planning process and technical assistance efforts. In 2011, he became Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education on school turnaround, high school redesign, and Title II programs and policies. Mike worked as an organizer on Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign and spent his most treasured years to date teaching 7th and 8th graders at a turnaround school in the Harold Ickes Homes, a housing project on Chicago’s South Side. Mike graduated cum laude from Duke University with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies, while earning his teaching certificate.