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Samantha Booth is responsible for managing the HEAR-MI Coaching project and overseeing the MQI Coaching program. Her work focuses on supporting teachers and instructional coaches to improve the quality of math instruction and develop more equitable...

Dr. Christina Grant is the Executive Director of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. A scholar, practitioner, writer, and public speaker, Dr. Grant has spent more than two decades at the intersection of education...

Miriam is the Senior Director of the Strategic Data Project overseeing the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University's efforts to build and sustain data-driven leadership and research capacity in education systems and organizations. She...

Thomas Kane is an economist, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, member of the Yidan Prize Foundation Council of Luminaries, and faculty director of CEPR. Between 2009 and 2012, he directed the Measures of...

Scott Sargrad is the senior director of the States Leading States (SLS) project at CEPR. He was most recently Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. He also served in the U.S. Department of Education...

Ethan Scherer is the director of the READS Lab. He leads the analytic design and execution for READS Lab's program evaluations and built its integrated data system. He has expertise in continuous improvement cycles, educational technology, family...

Ashley Snowdon MacDonough is Deputy Director of Finance, Strategy, and Operations at CEPR. Ashley previously served in a number of different roles at CEPR, including Director of Finance and Proving Ground Manager. Prior to that, she worked at City Year as...

Sam Stockwell is the Director of Communications and Strategy at CEPR. Before joining CEPR, Sam served as the Associate Director of Communications and Outreach at the Annenberg Institute, where he led communications and external relations efforts...