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Jim Spillane

Jim Spillane

Principal Investigator
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
PhD, Curriculum, Teaching and Education Policy, Michigan State University, 1993
BEd, Education and Geography, St. Patrick’s College, National University of Ireland, 1984

Michelle Reininger

Michelle Reininger

Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Executive Director, Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University
PhD, Social Sciences, Policy and Educational Practice, Stanford University, 2006
MA, Economics, Stanford University, 2004
MA, Leadership, Foundations and Policy, University of Virginia, 2001
BA, Biochemistry, University of Colorado, 1996

Kaleen Healey

Kaleen Healey

Senior Research Analyst, CCSR, University of Chicago
PhD, Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2012
MA, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, Loyola University Chicago, 2006
BFA, Design, University of Notre Dame, 2000

Leigh Parise

Leigh Mesler Parise

Senior Research Associate, K-12 Education, MDRC
PhD, Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences, 2011
MS, Education: Teaching, Pace University, 2005
BA, History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2003

Linda Lee

Linda Lee

Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Sociology, University of Chicago, 2010
MEd, Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007
MA, Sociology, University of Chicago, 2006
BA, Comparative Area Studies, Duke University, 1996

Lauren Anderson

Lauren Anderson

Associate Professor, Connecticut College
PhD, Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 2009
MSEd, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Bank Street Graduate College, 2003
BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1999