Areas of Interest

• The effects of school choice initiatives on student achievement in K-12 schools.
• The privatization of public education.
• School governance: decentralization.

Keyword Interest

• K-12 Education Policy
• School Choice
• Competition
• Charter Schools
• Privatization
• Decentralization

Current Research Topic/Field-Based Project

Research Topics:
The impact of competition among public schools on student achievement. A replication of Caroline Hoxby's (2000) "Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers?".

Research Topics:
Schools' responses to No Child Left Behind: A multi-state study of NCLB's effect on student achievement trends.

Former Experience

• Classroom teacher, Denver, CO.
• One year teaching at an International School in Chengdu, China
• Researcher, Education Commission of the States.

Education

• M.A. (2004): Education Foundations, Policy, and Practice, University of Colorado
• B.A. (2001): Political Science, Hope College