Ed Steinberg is Assistant Commissioner of Education for the Colorado Department of Education and the State Director of Special Education.  A clinical psychologist by training, Ed’s experience includes working as a school psychologist and as a consultant to courts and county human service departments.   He also served as a 16 year school board member for Kiowa Schools, a rural district in eastern Colorado.  Prior to joining Colorado state government in 2006, he was most recently the Executive Director of Special Education for the Cherry Creek Schools, a district that was among the early adopters/innovators of RtI in Colorado.