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The Center's research scientists are leaders in the field of economics and other social sciences as they relate to education policy research. Together, our substantive interests span the full field of education policy research: state and local education finance, school accountability, standards and assessment, teacher recruitment and retention, teacher quality, school administration, child development, early childhood education, special education, childhood poverty, higher education, segregation, school choice, and school incentives. For more information about our research partners please click on the names below.

 
JaneHannaway


Jane Hannaway
Principal Investigator & Director                  
Vice-President, American Institutes for Research      
jhannaway@air.org


Educational Organizations
School Finance
School Incentives 
Teacher Quality
Teacher Labor Markets 
  WASHINGTON, D.C. RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 Zeyu Xu

Zeyu Xu
Principal Researcher
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program
American Institutes for Research
zxu@air.org

Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality
Value-Added Modeling
 Umut Ozek

Umut Özek
Senior Researcher
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program 
American Institutes for Research
UOzek@air.org

Education & Health Policy
School Choice
School Desegregation
 Michael Hansen

Michael Hansen
Senior Researcher
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program 
American Institutes for Research
MHansen@air.org

Labor Contracts
Teacher Incentives
Teacher Quality
 Harry Holzer

Harry Holzer
Professor of Economics
Georgetown University 
Senior Fellow Metropolitan Policy Program
Brookings Institute
hjh4@georgetown.edu

Postsecondary Education
Low-wage Labor Market
Less-educated Workers
 Erin Dunlop

Erin Dunlop
Research Associate
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program 
American Institutes for Research
edunlop@air.org

Higher Education
Financial Aid Policy
Value-Added Modeling
 Benjamin Backes

Benjamin Backes
Research Associate
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research Program 
American Institutes for Research
bbackes@air.org

Labor Economics
Public Economics
Education Economics
  FLORIDA RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
David Figlio

David Figlio
Principal Investigator- Florida
Orrington Lunt Professor of Education & Social Policy 
Professor of Economics
Northwestern University
figlio@northwestern.edu

Accountability
Education & Health Policy
School Finance
School Vouchers
Testing Policy 
 Tim Sass 

 Tim Sass
 Senior Researcher
 Professor of Economics
 Florida State University
 tsass@fsu.edu

Classroom Peer Effects
School Competition
Special Education
Teacher Quality
Value-Added Modeling
  MISSOURI RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Michael Podgursky

Michael Podgursky
Principal Investigator- Missouri
Middlebush Professor of Economics
University of Missouri-Columbia
podgurskym@missouri.edu

Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality 
Cory Koedel

Cory Koedel
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Missouri
koedelc@missouri.edu

Teacher Quality
Value-added Modeling
Teacher Compensation
Teacher Pensions
Curriculum Evaluation
School Choice
Teacher Quality 
  NEW YORK RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Susanna Loeb

Susanna Loeb
Principal Investigator- New York
Professor of Education
Stanford University
Director, Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice
sloeb@stanford.edu

Educational Organizations
Pathways to Teaching
School Finance
School Resource Allocation
Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality 
Hamilton Lankford

Hamilton Lankford
Senior Researcher
Professor of Economics & Educational Administration & Policy
University at Albany, SUNY
hamp@albany.edu

School Choice
School Funding
Teacher Careers
Teacher Salaries
 
Jim Wyckoff James Wyckoff
Senior Researcher
Professor at Curry School of Education
University of Virginia
wyckoff@virginia.edu 
Pathways to Teaching
Teacher Labor Markets 
School Choice
School Resource Allocation
Special Education Funding 
 Luke Miller

Luke Miller
Affiliated Researcher
Research Assistant Professor
Curry School of Education
University of Virginia 
lmiller@virginia.edu

Rural Education
State & National Teacher Policy
Teacher Labor Markets
  NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Helen Ladd

Helen Ladd
Principal Investigator- North Carolina
Edgar Thompson Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Economics
Duke University
helen.ladd@duke.edu

Accountability
Achievement
Market-Based School Reform
School Choice
School Finance
Teacher Quality 
Charles Clotfelter

Charles Clotfelter
Senior Researcher
Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies 
Professor of Economics & Law
Duke University
Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy & Voluntarism
charles.clotfelter@duke.edu

Accountability
Achievement
Higher Education
Racial/Ethnic Inequalities
School Desegregation 
School Finance
 
Jacob Vigdor

Jacob Vigdor
Senior Researcher
Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies & Economics
Duke University
jacob.vigdor@duke.edu

Accountability
Achievement
Adolescent Delinquency
Racial/Ethnic Inequalities
School Finance
Teacher Labor Markets 
Dan Goldhaber Dan Goldhaber
Principal Investigator- Washington
Research Professor
University of Washington Bothell 
Director, Center for Education Data & Research
Affiliated Scholar, The Urban Institute
dgoldhab@u.washington.edu

Teacher Quality
Teacher Labor Markets

 

 

  TEXAS RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Eric Hanushek
Principal Investigator-Texas
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Chairman- Executive Committee, Texas Schools Project
University of Texas at Dallas
hanushek@stanford.edu

Class-Size Reduction
School Finance 
School Incentives 
Teacher Quality

Steve Rivkin

Steven Rivkin
Senior Researcher
Professor of Economics
Chair of Economics Department
University of Illinois at Chicago
Associate Director of Research, Texas Schools Project
University of Texas at Dallas
sgrivkin@uic.edu

School Choice
School Desegregation
Special Education
Student Mobility
Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality 
andrews

Rodney J. Andrews
Principal Investigator- Texas
Director, Texas Schools Project
University of Texas at Dallas
rodney.j.andrews@utdallas.edu

Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Public Finance
Applied Microeconomics 
  WASHINGTON RESEARCH TEAM AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Dan Goldhaber Dan Goldhaber
Principal Investigator- Washington
Research Professor
University of Washington Bothell 
Director, Center for Education Data & Research
Affiliated Scholar, The Urban Institute
dgoldhab@u.washington.edu

Teacher Quality
Teacher Labor Markets

 

 


AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 Celeste Carruthers

Celeste Carruthers
Affiliated Researcher
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
carruthers@utk.edu

Charter Schools & School Choice
Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality
 Li Feng

Li Feng
Affiliated Researcher
Assistant Professor of Economics
Texas State University-San Marcos
LF20@txstate.edu

Teacher Labor Markets  
Teacher Quality
 Paul Jargowsky

Paul Jargowsky
Affiliated Researcher, Texas Schools Project
Professor of Public Policy
Rutgers-Camden
paul.jargowsky@rutgers.edu

Achievement
Minority Access to Higher Education
Neighborhood Effects
Peer Effects
Residential Segregation
School Effects

 Jennifer King Rice Jennifer King Rice
Affiliated Researcher/Institute Fellow
Professor of Education Policy Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
e-mail this expertjkr@umd.edu
Alternative Teacher Compensation
High-Stakes Accountability
School Reconstitution Policy
Teacher Certification
  RESEARCH COLLABORATORS AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Robert Bifulco 

Robert Bifulco
Research Collaborator
Associate Professor of Public Administration
Syracuse University
rbifulco@maxwell.syr.edu

Accountability
Charter Schools & School Choice
School Segregation
Whole School Reform
 Robert Costrell

Robert Costrell
Research Collaborator
Professor of Education Reform & Economics
Endowed Chair in Education Accountability
University of Arkansas
costrell@uark.edu

School Choice
School Funding
Standards-Based Reform
Teacher Pension Policy
 Pamela Grossman

Pamela Grossman
Research Collaborator
Professor of Education
Stanford University
pamg@stanford.edu

Pathways to Teaching
Professional Development
Teacher Education Policy
Teacher Quality
 Douglas Harris

Douglas Harris
Research Collaborator
Associate Professor of Economics
Tulane University
dharri5@tulane.edu

Accountability & Standards
Class-Size Reduction
Desegregation
School Choice
School Finance
Teacher Quality
Value-Added Modeling 

 Austin Nichols

Austin Nichols
Research Collaborator
Research Associate
The Urban Institute
anichols@urban.org

 

Achievement
Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality
 Jonah Rockoff

Jonah Rockoff
Research Collaborator
Associate Professor of Economics & Finance
Columbia University School of Business
jonah.rockoff@columbia.edu

Accountability
School Choice
School Finance
Teacher Labor Markets
Teacher Quality
 Jeffrey Roth

Jeffrey Roth
Research Collaborator
Research Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida
Director, Family Data Center
jeffroth@ufl.edu

Early Childhood Education
Educational Disabilities


 

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