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Education policy includes laws as well as processes and policies that educational organizations, local districts, states, and nations put in place and follow to achieve academic goals. RAND analyses have informed education policy in the United States, United Kingdom, Qatar, and many other countries.

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Surges in Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children Prompt Need for Better K–12 Policies

Sep 30, 2021

Growing numbers of children from Central America and Mexico are arriving in the United States. As of March 2020, 321,000 undocumented and asylum-seeking children were enrolled in public schools. How are the schools managing, and what could be done to help them better prepare to assist these students?
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Anti-Bias Education in U.S. Public Schools

Feb 22, 2022

Teaching students explicitly about issues of identity, diversity, equity, and bias can lead to positive outcomes. Nearly three in four K–12 teachers reported that they provide such anti-bias instruction, but more than half said that their school's or district's curriculum materials did not adequately address anti-bias topics.

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A Public School Voucher Demonstration: The First Year at Alum Rock, Summary and Conclusions

A section-by-section condensation of R-1495.

Jan 30, 1974
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A Public School Voucher Demonstration: The First Year at Alum Rock, Technical Appendix

Presents further discussion and data supplemental to various sections of R-1495, the central report.

Jan 30, 1974
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The Dissemination of Educational R&D Products: Research and Policy Issues for the Federal Government.

A summary of key problems facing education practitioners wanting to use R&D products or information, and the factors contributing to these problems. The paper considers a general research and policy posture for the National Institute of Education (N...

Jan 1, 1973
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Multivariate Analysis of Schools and Educational Policy.

Revised version of a report for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Program Evaluation, HEW. Production function analysis of education is futile because of data limitations. However, multivariate analysis of available data can yield important...

Jan 1, 1971
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Urban Metapolicy and Urban Education.

Innovative changes in both urban metapolicy and in urban education are needed to meet present and future urban problems. Metapolicy deals with policies on policymaking, including the characteristics of the policymaking system and basic policy framew...

Jan 1, 1970
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Drew M. Anderson

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A. in mathematics and economics, Augustana University
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Catherine H. Augustine

Director, Pittsburgh Office; Senior Policy Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. and M.A. in education and organizational behavior, University of Michigan; B.A. in political philosophy, Michigan State University
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Matthew D. Baird

Economist; Co-Director, Center for Causal Inference; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles
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Tara Laila Blagg

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.S.W., University of Houston; B.A. in Hispanic studies, Rice University; M.Phil in public policy, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Michelle Bongard

Quantitative Analyst
Education M.S. in economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.S. in economics, Loyola Marymount University; B.A. in mathematics, Loyola Marymount University
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Elena Rosa Brown

Research Leader
Education M.Ed. in psychology and education, University of Cambridge; P.G.C.E. in primary, University of Cambridge; B.Sci. (Hons) in natural sciences, Durham University
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Susan Bush-Mecenas

Associate Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in urban education policy, University of Southern California; MA in policy, organization, & leadership studies, Stanford University; BM in music education w/ teaching credential, University of Southern California
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Jill S. Cannon

Senior Policy Researcher; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in public administration, University of Southern California; M.P.P. in public policy, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in political science, University of California, Los Angeles
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Karen Christianson

Policy Analyst
Education B.A. in philosophy and economics, Carleton College; M.S. in public policy and management, Carnegie Mellon University
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Louay Constant

Adjunct Policy Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in public policy and administration, University of Kentucky; M.S. in agricultural economics, University of Kentucky; B.A. in economics, University of Notre Dame
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Shelly Culbertson

Associate Program Director, Disaster Research and Analysis Program; Senior Policy Researcher
Education M.P.A. in public policy and international development, Princeton University School for Public and International Affairs; B.Phil. in political science and philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh
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Susannah Faxon-Mills

Senior Policy Analyst
Education B.A. in community studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A. in education policy, Stanford University
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Lawrence M. Hanser

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Education Ph.D. and M.S. in psychology, Iowa State University; B.A. in psychology, Marquette University
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Jennifer Hawes-Dawson

Senior Survey Director, RAND Survey Research Group
Education B.A. in sociology, Goucher College
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Rebecca Herman

Senior Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in sociology, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in sociology, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in English, Johns Hopkins University

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