Education Reform

Education reform comprises any planned changes in the way a school or school system functions, from teaching methodologies to administrative processes. RAND evaluates school reform models and conducts case-study analyses of individual schools and school systems to identify areas of improvement and highlight best practices and effective reform efforts.

Research conducted by: RAND Education; RAND-Qatar Policy Institute

People (27)

Jeremy Arkes

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin

Catherine H. Augustine

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. and M.A. in education, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University

Susan Burkhauser

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in management, Cornell University; M.Phil in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Kevin W. Chlebik

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy analysis, Pepperdine University; M.S. and B.S. in mathematics, Purdue University

Louay Constant

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in public policy and administration, University of Kentucky

Shelly Culbertson

Senior Research Manager
M.P.A. in international relations and development studies, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.Phil. in political science and philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

John Engberg

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Susannah Faxon-Mills

Research Assistant
B.A. in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A. in education policy, Stanford University

Michael Frearson

Research Leader
Ph.D. in history, University of Cambridge; B.A. (Honours) Research in history, University of New South Wales

Charles A. Goldman

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; S.B. in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Laura S. Hamilton

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in educational psychology, M.S. in statistics, Stanford University; M.S. in psychology in education, University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in music education, Duquesne University

Marie-Louise Henham

Associate Analyst
M.Ed. in politics, democratic education and development, University of Cambridge; PGCE in Secondary English, University of Cambridge; B.A. Hons. in English, University of Cambridge

Rita Karam

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in education, University of California, Riverside; M.A. in sociology, California State University, Fullerton; B.A. in sociology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

J. R. Lockwood

Senior Statistician
Ph.D. and M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in environmental science and policy, Duke University

Jennifer Sloan McCombs

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public policy, The George Washington University; B.A. in East Asian studies, College of William and Mary

John F. Pane

Senior Information Scientist
Ph.D. and M.S. in computer science, B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University

Ashley Pierson

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.A. in Latin American studies, University of Pittsburgh; M.P.I.A. in international affairs, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School (currently enrolled)

Mollie Rudnick

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.S. in education, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in political science and sociology, University of Arizona

Anna Rosefsky Saavedra

Associate Policy Researcher
B.A. in history, Yale University; EdM in international education policy, Harvard University; EdD in educational policy, leadership and instructional practice, Harvard University

Ethan Scherer

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in education, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in economics, Wesleyan University

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