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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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Lynn Hu

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.A. in international education policy analysis, Stanford University; B.A. in economics, Middlebury College
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Alice Huguet

Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in education policy, University of Southern California; M.A. in elementary education, Loyola Marymount University; B.S. in political science, University of Oregon
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Rita T. Karam

Senior Policy Researcher; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education 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
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Lynn A. Karoly

Senior Economist
Education Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College
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Yael Katz

Quantitative Analyst
Education M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, UC Irvine
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Julia H. Kaufman

Senior Policy Researcher; Co-Director, RAND American Educator Panels; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education B.A. in English Literature, University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in teaching, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. in international education, New York University; Postdoctoral Fellowship in learning policy, University of Pittsburgh; Postdoctoral Fellowship in methodology and interdisciplinary research, Carnegie Mellon University and RAND Corporation
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Jenna W. Kramer

Associate Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in education policy, Vanderbilt University; B.A. in psychology, Colgate University
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Krishna B. Kumar

Vice President, International; Distinguished Chair in International Economic Policy; Director, Initiative for Global Human Progress, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Economist
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago; M.S. in computer science, University of Wisconsin; B.Tech. in mechanical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Lydia Lymperis

Analyst
Education Ph.D. in education, Newcastle University; M.A. in education, University of Nottingham
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Louis T. Mariano

Senior Statistician
Education Ph.D. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in mathematics and statistics, American University
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Benjamin K. Master

Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in education policy, Stanford University; BA in economics, Brown University
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Jennifer Sloan McCombs

Adjunct Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in public policy, The George Washington University; B.A. in East Asian studies, College of William and Mary
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Christine Mulhern

Associate Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in public policy, Harvard University; B.A. in mathematical methods in the social sciences, Northwestern University
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Elie Ohana

Statistical Analyst
Education M.S. in applied statistics and psychometrics, Boston College; B.Sc. in psychology, University of Waterloo
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Zhan Okuda-Lim

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.P.A. in public administration, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania; Ed.M. in education policy and management, Harvard Graduate School of Education; A.B. in public and international affairs, Princeton University
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V. Darleen Opfer

Vice President and Director, RAND Education and Labor; Distinguished Chair in Education Policy
Education Ph.D. in education policy studies, University of Virginia; M.Ed. in behavior disorders, University of Virginia; B.A. in education, Stetson University
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Isaac M. Opper

Economist; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University; M.A. in economics, Stanford University; B.A. in economics and mathematics, Colby College
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John F. Pane

Senior Scientist
Education Ph.D. in computer science, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in computer science, Carnegie Mellon University; B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
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Evan D. Peet

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, Duke University; M.A. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in economics, math, statistics, Brigham Young University
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Andrea Prado Tuma

Behavioral/Social Scientist
Education Ph.D. in human development and social policy, Northwestern University; M.A. in human development and social policy, Northwestern University; B.A. in psychology, Vassar College

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