ABOUT ANTHESES
We Cultivate Fertile Learning Environments to Make Great Schools Bloom
What is Antheses?
Antheses is the plural of anthesis–the period of blooming in flowers. True to our maxim, Antheses Education creates the processes by which great schools bloom. This is heart work driven by the idea that the creation of great schools may best be pursued as an artistic endeavor, rather than a bureaucratic one. At Antheses, we help K-12 school leaders think creatively to design or redesign their schools using an aesthetic conceptual framework to render learning spaces that students deserve.
Photo: Anthony Jackson
EXPERTISE
About Dr. Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson is the Founder and K-12 Design Strategist for Antheses Education, a nascent education consulting concern committed to comprehensive,
holistic school improvement.
Dr. Jackson previously served as Director, Community Schools Transformation
in the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Local District West, leading the Humanizing Education for Equitable Transformation (HEET) initiative and community of schools. In that capacity, he led principals in advancing the responsive transformation of their schools to empower and elevate learning outcomes for African American students.
As a director, he also co-authored curricula and was a professional development facilitator for the Leadership Equity Academy for Principals (LEAP) as part of the LAUSD's Black Student Achievement Plan.
Anthony was a co-founder and co-director of Culture and Language Academy ofSuccess, a renowned Los Angeles charter school committed to educatingunderserved students using culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA, his master’s degree in educational administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and his doctorate in education at UCLA.
Anthony was one of 36 teachers in the nation and among only three general elementary educators named Disney American Teacher Award honorees in 1991.
He is an adjunct instructor at CSUDH, teaching aspiring school administrators in the School Leadership Program (SLP) and the Charter and Autonomous School Leaders Academy (CASLA).
Anthony also coordinates communication strategy for Dr. Joy DeGruy's non-profit, Be the Healing, Inc., and Joy DeGruy Publications.
His insights regarding the education of our youth have been shared in a variety of media, including The Disney Channel, National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Accelerated Schools Resource Guide (published by Stanford University's Accelerated Schools Project), 60 Minutes, Education Week, Teacher Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine.