Wesley C. Pugh

Wesley C. Pugh is currently Senior Program Director with the Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF). Wesley has major executive responsibility for the Talent Development Comprehensive High School Model in Philadelphia. Prior to joining PEF, Wesley served for two years as Interim Dean, School of Education and Graduate Studies, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. He has held the positions of Chair, Graduate School, Department of Educational Administration; Graduate Faculty member; and director of a statewide collaborative teacher- training program at Cheyney University. He currently serves on the National Board of Examiners of NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Educators).

Wesley is a career educator and researcher, who served in an administrative and program research/evaluation capacity for 19 years with the School District of Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A.); Harvard University School of Education (Ed. M.); and the University of Pennsylvania School of Education (Ph.D.). His current research and higher education teaching focus is urban education - encompassing school/principal leadership; high school reform; curriculum development; and the achievement gap in American education.