Beverly Caffee Glenn, former dean of the School of Education at Howard University in Washington, D.C., passed away on December 24, 2025. She was 77 years old.
Dr. Glenn received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morgan State University, located in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her master’s degree in education from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and her doctorate in education and social policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Glenn’s career began as a mathematics teacher in the District of Columbia Public Schools’ Cardozo High School. She went on to teach at Highland Park Free School in Boston and serve as a staff education expert at Harvard’s Center for Law and Education. Dr. Glenn later held various positions at the National Education Association, including director of the human and civil rights department.
In the 1990s, Dr. Glenn became the first woman to serve as dean of Howard University’s School of Education, where she also taught as a tenured professor. In the early 2000s, she transferred to George Washington University, where she was executive director of the Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence, a research consortium of universities focused on improving student safety and educational outcomes.