Howard Fuller’s career includes many years in both public service positions and the field of education.  Dr. Fuller is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Founder/Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The organization began operation in August of 1995.  The mission of the Institute is to support exemplary education options that transform learning for children, while empowering families, particularly low-income families, to choose the best option for their children.

Immediately before his appointment at Marquette University, Dr. Fuller served as the Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, June 1991 - June 1995. During his tenure as Superintendent, Dr. Fuller became nationally known for his unending support for fundamental educational reform.

His prior positions included: Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, 1988 -1991; Dean of General Education at the Milwaukee Area Technical College, 1986 -1988; Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Employment Relations, 1983 - 1986; and Associate Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at Marquette University, 1979 - -1983.  He was also a Senior Fellow with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 1995 - 1997.

Dr. Fuller received his B.S. degree in Sociology from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1962; M.S.A. degree in Social Administration from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Sociological Foundations of Education from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1986.

He has received numerous awards and recognition over the years, including four Honorary Doctorate Degrees: Doctorate of Humane Letters from Carroll College in 1987; Doctorate of Laws from Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1992; Doctorate of Business and Economics from Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1995:Doctorate of Humane Letters from Edgewood College in 2002.  

He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Black Alliance for Educational Options and the Chairman of the Charter School Review Committee for the City of Milwaukee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Transcenter for Youth; the Wisconsin United for Health Foundation, the Johnson Foundation; the Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship Program and is an active member of several other community and national organizations.

Click here to see video excerpts from Dr. Fuller's speech, Stop Leaving Most Children Behind.

Click here for video of Dr. Fuller speaking to a group of students about the importance of education.

Click here to see video excerpts from another of Dr. Fuller's talks on education and civil rights.

Click here for a link to the article The Continuing Struggle of African Americans for the Power To Make Real Educational Choices by Dr. Howard Fuller

Click herefor the article Educational Choice, A Core Freedom by Dr. Fuller

Click here to view the Wallace Foundation report, An Impossible Job? The View from the Urban Superintendents' Chair by Dr. Fuller.