Expertise
Accountability for schools and other local public service institutions; Business-led education reforms; Choice in education; Community politics; Determinants of school effectiveness; Public elementary and secondary education
Background
Current Positions
Research Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington; Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington
Past Positions
Acting Dean, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington (May 2002-August 2003); Director, Brookings National Working Commission on School Choice (2003); Senior Social Scientist, RAND Corporation; Assistant Director for Policy Studies, National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970-77)
Education
Ph.D. (1972), M.A. (1966) Ohio State University; B.A., Seattle University (1965 )