These findings add to the emerging teacher diversity literature by showing its benefits for Black and female students during a critical stage of development.
Job Market Paper: Breaking rank? An investigation of families’ preferences for schools and their causal moderators
Dissertation Committee: Martin West, David Deming, Desmond Ang
Research Interests: School Integration, School Choice, Racial Attitudes/Bias...
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...
Martin West studies the politics of K-12 education policy in the United States and the effectiveness of reform strategies in improving student achievement. His current projects include studies of the teacher labor market in Florida, the effects of...
PIER Summer Residency Placement: Providence Public Schools (RI)
Kate Larned is a Partnering in Education Resarch (PIER) Fellow and doctoral student in the Education Policy and Program Evaluation program at Harvard University. Prior to her doctoral studies...
