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title: "Speaker profile: Danielle Jackson"
description: "Meet Danielle Jackson, one of our #MiCSS19 speakers."
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# Speaker profile: Danielle Jackson

 Posted: Nov 11. 2019

| Speaker content area: [Cultivating Innovative Ed](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/topic/cultivating-innovative-ed)

 author: [MAPSA](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/author/mapsa)

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### Chief Academic Officer

#### UPrep Schools / Detroit 90/90

[**Session: The power of questioning in mathematics**](https://www.charterschools.org/micss-sessions/the-power-of-questioning-in-mathematics)

Born and raised in the City of Detroit, Danielle is as Chief Academic Officer, responsible for supporting the academic programs of University Prep Schools. 3 K-12 Districts in Detroit, University Prep Academy, University Prep Science and Math and University Prep Art and Design. She is a passionate educator who believes in the power of leveraging the talents of our students, families, teachers and leaders through artful collaboration in pursuit of our goals.

 

 

## **Speaker Q & A**

**Q**: What are you most excited for at #MiCSS19? 

**A**: I am excited about sharing and learning with and from others

 

**Q**: What's one adjective you would use to describe your session? 

**A**: Aspirational

 

**Q**: What's one thing you hope attendees learn in your session? 

**A**: When students have a chance to grapple with difficult content, they emerge with greater understanding and mastery of that content.

 

[Cultivating Innovative Ed](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/cultivating-innovative-ed)

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### Speaker content areas

- [K-12 Access & Equality (9)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/k-12-access-equality)
- [Meaningful K-12 Success (9)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/meaningful-k-12-success)
- [Cultivating Innovative Ed (6)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/cultivating-innovative-ed)
- [Elevating MI's Educators (4)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/elevating-mis-educators)
- [General Session (2)](https://www.charterschools.org/miss-speakers/tag/general-session)

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