Principal
Michael Franco is a Senior Fellow at ILO Group. He has experience supporting state and district-level academic strategy and systems support as a district leader, consultant and researcher.
As the Vice President of National Consulting at TNTP, Michael led the design and development of field-leading instructional support programs and TNTP’s academic foundations research, including the publication of The Opportunity Makers. In that role, he with state agencies to improve codify instructional practices and support curriculum improvements at scale. Prior to TNTP, he served as the Sr. Vice President of Academics at IDEA Public Schools, managing academic programs and curriculum implementation across 96 schools. He began his career as a teacher in Roma, Texas.
Education
Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and a Master's in Business Administration and Master’s in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin.