NABME Founders / Dr. William L. Blake
Co-Founder
Dr. William L. Blake
Urban education leader; former Director of Redesign XQ, District of Columbia Public Schools · Washington, DC
Dr. William L. Blake has spent more than a decade in urban education as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal and district leader. He most recently served as Director of Redesign XQ for District of Columbia Public Schools, working with the Cardozo Education Campus community to reimagine the high school experience for students furthest from opportunity.
A product of Prince George's County Public Schools, Dr. Blake returned to lead in the same district. He served as principal of Stephen Decatur Middle School and as an assistant principal at Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School. He began his career at Gwynn Park High School as a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Director of Peer Mediation, senior class advisor and mentor teacher. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Morgan State University.
Dr. Blake holds a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences from Morgan State University, a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Trinity Washington University, and a Doctorate of Education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is a graduate of the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.