Vincent Reed

Vincent E. Reed (March 1, 1928 – October 17, 2017) was an American educator who served as superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools. He gained national recognition in the 1970s for his leadership of the school district. He subsequently served as assistant secretary of education under President Ronald Reagan.

Reed was the first African American principal of Woodrow Wilson High School, which was renamed Jackson-Reed High School in 2022 to honor him and Edna Burke Jackson, the school's first Black teacher.

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