A Powerful Team of Education Policy Researchers
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The Lynch School of Education and Human Development is home to scholars with deep experience in education research whose partnerships with national, state, and local leaders eliminate barriers so students can succeed.
This fall, the Lynch School launched the Education Policy Initiative to bring these policy experts together and amplify their impact.
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“We can create public policy to benefit the social good of the world. Smart, efficient, and socially just policy.”
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—Prof. Stella Flores, John E. Cawthorne Millennium Chair
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Meet Lynch School Policy Experts
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Professor and Cawthorne Millennium Chair
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Stella M. Flores, a nationally recognized policy expert who is leading the Education Policy Initiative, evaluates interventions designed to increase equity in college admissions and college success.
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Professor and Department Chair
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Shaun M. Dougherty has helped Connecticut and Massachusetts broaden students’ access to effective career and technical education programs.
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Angela Boatman’s partnerships with state higher education agencies are helping to improve developmental education for academically underprepared students.
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Earl Edwards is helping launch the Brockton Education and Housing Coalition to benefit vulnerable students in one of Massachusetts’s poorest cities.
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Rebecca Lowenhaupt helped establish the Children’s Cabinet, a cross-sector collaboration to support children and youth in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
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Raquel Muñiz’s recommendations for ensuring equitable access to disability support in K-12 schools were recently adopted by the American School Counselor Association.
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How Local Organizations Shape U.S. Education
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Assistant Professor of Education Policy
University of California Berkeley
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DevTech Research Group, founded by Augustus Long Professor Marina Bers, hosted an international symposium focused on reframing computer science education to include a character-building focus.
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Professor Rebekah Levine Coley led a longitudinal study on adolescent health trends, which highlighted the need for targeted mental health interventions. The study was published in Pediatrics.
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Zaina Zedan ’03 (Elementary Education, Human Development) is CEO of Saut, an early intervention and educational program in Saudi Arabia supporting students with Down syndrome.
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