Brian Dickey

2018 NACSA Leader

Indianapolis Mayor’s Office

Brian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business from Virginia Tech where he studied Marketing and was a member of the largest student-run fixed income portfolio in the country. As a 2013 Teach for America corps member, he taught Middle School Humanities and helped create school-wide systems at an Indianapolis charter school. After leading his 6th and 7th-grade students to approximately one and a half years’ worth of growth in reading, he was recognized by his peers as Teacher of the Year. Brian previously served as the Assistant Director of Charter Schools – Finance, monitoring and evaluating the financial health of each Mayor-sponsored charter school.

Most Recent Posts

No Shortcuts to Student Success: The Case for Statewide Annual Assessments

When I think about why I’ve dedicated my career to advancing and strengthening the ideas and practices of authorizing, I think about the students I’ve met over the years—bright, curious...

Raising the Bar: NACSA’s Updated State Policy Recommendations

NACSA believes that strong laws enable strong authorizing. In turn, strong authorizing leads to strong public education outcomes for students, families, and communities. That’s why we regularly update our state...

A New Path Forward: NACSA’s Bold New School Application Guidance

I’ll never forget a foundational principle I learned nearly two decades ago, while authorizing in Indianapolis: It should be hard to gain approval to start a new charter school. But...