Rita Karam
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Biography
Rita Karam is a policy researcher whose research focuses on educational organizations, school evaluation and program improvement. She specializes in school policy analysis and quantitative research methods. Her research work involves the study of various language development programs and instructional practices and their impact on English language learners' linguistic progress and academic achievement. She has also worked extensively on the evaluation of drug substance abuse programs for students, and on studies related to assimilation of immigrants. She has several publications to her credit including "The Politics of Bilingual Education" which was published in the 1999 Politics of Education Association yearbook. Rita is the recipient of the 1997-1998 Schraer Award and the 2001-2002 David L. Clark National Student Research Graduate Award.
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