Stephen Schatz
As Executive Director of Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education (Hawai‘i P-20), Stephen Schatz oversees all Hawai‘i P-20 programs, supports the Hawai‘i P-20 Council, and serves as State Director of Career and Technical Education. Hawai‘i P-20’s major programs include the Hawai‘i P-3 Initiative, which promotes collaboration within the early learning community to strengthen the continuum of early learning experiences for children, as well as college access initiatives such as GEAR UP, College Application and Exploration Season, and FAFSA Cash for College, each designed to increase student readiness for post-high school success. Schatz also leads the Hawai‘i Data eXchange Partnership (Hawai‘i DXP), an inter-agency team responsible for the statewide longitudinal data system to inform policy- and decision-making for the improvement of educational outcomes in Hawai‘i. Schatz has 23 years of leadership experience in public education as a teacher, principal, complex area superintendent, assistant superintendent, and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education (HIDOE) Deputy Superintendent. During his tenure with HIDOE Schatz led the effort to develop a school accountability model that includes college-going rate, chronic absenteeism and ACT test scores as indicators of school performance, allowing more flexibility and focus on how school performance is measured. Schatz received his bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz and a Master’s in Education from California State University, Dominguez Hills.