Meet our Head of School

Dr. Shulkind graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a national award for her work in educational reform and research. Sarah earned her M.Ed. in teaching and curriculum from Harvard University and her doctorate in educational leadership from University of California, Los Angeles. She received the National Association of Secondary Schools Dissertation Award for her research on Middle Level Advisory Programs. Sarah has presented on curricular integration, reading comprehension, student-led conferences, advisory programs, academic achievement, parent education, personalization, differentiation, and service learning in local and national conferences. She has published articles in Education Leadership, Principal Leadership, and The Middle School Journal.

Before joining Milken as Head of School in 2019, Sarah served as the Head of School at Sinai Akiba Academy for seven years, and as the Middle School Director at Milken prior to that. Sarah also helped to start Wildwood School's secondary campus, and worked as a teacher and division leader there for five years. Sarah is the President of the CAIS Board of Directors, and serves on the Board of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and Curtis Elementary School. Sarah and her husband Andrew live in Los Angeles with their four children Lucy, Olivia, Sadie and Oscar.