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- Dr. Steven J. Adamowski
- With nearly 35 years as a successful educator and school reformer, Dr. Steven J. Adamowski took over as Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools on November 27, 2006. Working with the Board of Education, he has laid out an ambitious reform agenda in order to close the achievement gap between Hartford students and their peers across the state. Prior to coming to Hartford, Dr. Adamowski was a senior fellow and managing director of the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. and was Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati Public Schools. A Connecticut native, Dr. Adamowski earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State College, his master’s from Trinity College and his doctorate from St. Louis University. He began teaching in the early 1970s in the New Haven Public Schools and has served as Superintendent of Schools in Norwich, Connecticut, Chatham, New Jersey, and Clayton, Missouri. Dr. Adamowski has also served as an adjunct assistant professor at Sacred Heart University, as a principal in Farmington, Connecticut, and as Associate Secretary of Education in Delaware, focusing on educational accountability and standards.