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Steve Canavero

Steve Canavero
Steve Canavero

Steve Canavero serves as a Technical Assistance provider and Collaboratives Co-Lead for the national Center to Improve Social & Emotional Learning and School Safety.

Canavero is a Senior Advisor at WestEd in the Institutional Development Department. Canavero served two appointments under Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval. Most recently, he served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Nevada, where he led the state’s education system serving nearly 450,000 students.

Canavero previously was appointed to serve as the first director of Nevada’s newly created State Public Charter School Authority. His initial work there resulted in Nevada’s charter school policy becoming one of the highest rated in the nation. Canavero is serving his third term as a board member at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He was elected by his fellow state school chiefs to the board of the Council of Chief State School Officers in 2017, is a member of Chiefs for Change, and an Aspen-Pahara Fellow. Canavero holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Contact Steve Canavero at scanave@wested.org.

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