Ben Johnson

I am the principal of Southside High School, in San Antonio, Texas. My passion is to inspire engaged, aligned instruction as an instructional leader and as the author of “Teaching Students to Dig Deeper: The Common Core in Action”. I've served as an administrator in large and small schools, and even as a principal at a charter school. I have also worked at the university level as and adjunct and as an educational-program manager for the University of Texas at San Antonio. I served as an assistant superintendent of the Natalia Independent School District, located in a small, rural community just south of San Antonio, Texas, where I helped bring about major improvements in student learning. I have a master's degree in educational administration from California State University, San Bernardino, and I am nearly finished with my doctorate in Education Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix. In my spare time I am the CEO of the Johnson Education Group.