He previously served as executive director at Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy; president at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; associate director at the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Education; and a professor of education at the University of Rochester.
LaCour is a founding member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and serves on the board of directors of the Albert Shanker Institute, National Democratic Institute, the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
NBPTS publishes standards of “accomplished teaching” for 25 subject areas and developmental levels for pre-K through 12th grade.
National Football League | National Register of Historic Places | National Hockey League | England national football team | National Basketball Association | National Science Foundation | National Geographic | National Trust | National Endowment for the Arts | National Geographic Society | Argentina national football team | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | National Park Service | National League | Australian National University | National Guard | National Geographic Channel | professional wrestling | National Institutes of Health | National Guard of the United States | National Collegiate Athletic Association | United States National Research Council | National Portrait Gallery | National Academy of Sciences | Indian National Congress | United States men's national soccer team | National Research Council | Royal National Theatre | National Gallery of Art | Mexico national football team |
Reed serves on the boards or in other leadership capacities for many organizations including Urban Serving Universities, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, the National Center for Educational Accountability, The College Board, and EdVoice.