Ronald Anderson was the principal of Harrison Street School in DeKalb where he worked to create a learning climate that was suffused with a sense of caring, support, and high expectations for students and staff. Mr. Anderson had an eclectic approach to learning that aimed to combine the best of proven methods and materials with promising practices and programs. He was committed to building a team spirit among staff, Mr. Anderson was called upon to guide three schools through difficult periods of reorganization and redirection, and his staff initiated such programs as a Conflict Managers Program to make the school safe and trouble-free and a Keenager Program that brings senior citizens into the school. Mr. Anderson's special passion was reading, and programs such as Reading Recovery, which helped first graders with below-level skills and Summer School Reading Lunch Bunch, which helped students sharpen their ability at lunch-time reading groups, put that passion to work.
1961 Illinois State University, B.A.
