BIO
Peter Horn, Ed.D. became an independent education consultant and researcher after leading an award-winning alternative education program within the New Jersey public high school where he taught for 18 years. Selected for the first cohort of Fellows for Democratic and Civic Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania, Peter is passionate about the relationship between student voice, school-based opportunities to engage citizenship, and a more democratic society.
A proud graduate of the public schools in Buffalo, New York, Peter earned his doctorate in educational and organizational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English Literature from the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, and a B.A. in Classics from Princeton University. He has hosted the education podcast Point of Learning with Peter Horn since 2017, presenting carefully curated ideas for anyone curious about what and how and why we learn.
education
Peter’s 2014 paper for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) explored the value of student feedback, and his study “Missing Voices: How Students Describe Outstanding Teaching” found that students tend to conceptualize a caring but demanding teacher-student relationship as central to great teaching. (See ABOUT dropdown menu for more recent publications.)
PUBLICATIONS
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Peter has led research projects to revamp teacher prep curriculum at Princeton University and on school climate for the University of Pennsylvania. He has collaborated on research projects studying teacher-leadership for the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), and Head of School tenure for the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).
RESEARCH
Peter has led workshops on civil discourse, the arts and SEL (social and emotional learning), student voice, team leadership, culturally responsive curriculum, and supporting LGBTQIA+ students for public and independent schools, and other organizations across the country. He has evaluated education programs for public and private organizations, including the Hauptman-Woodward Institute, a medical research organization where he served as Visiting Education Scholar. Internationally, Peter has studied educational practice in Brazil, France, Germany, and the Dominican Republic.
organizational consulting
When he is not focused on schools, Peter enjoys cooking, home improvement, acting in Buffalo’s vibrant theatre scene, and singing at the piano with his wife, Robyn Lee Horn. He performs with a local Renaissance band called the Royall Consort, and has tracked violin and viola for nine songs by pop noir singer-songwriter Shayfer James.