Dan Goldhaber is professor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell; an affiliated scholar at the Urban Institute; and an editor of Education Finance and Policy. He previously served as an elected member of the Alexandria City (Va.) School Board from 1997 to 2002. His work focuses on educational productivity and reform at the K–12 level and addresses the role that teacher pay structure plays in teacher recruitment and retention; the influence of human resource practices on teacher turnover and quality; and the role of community colleges in higher education. Dr. Goldhaber’s work has been published in leading journals and has appeared in major media outlets such as National Public Radio, Education Week, Washington Post, and USA Today.
Jane Hannaway is a senior fellow and founding director of the Education Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where she oversees the work of the Center and is a member of the Institute’s senior management team. Dr. Hannaway is also the director and overall principal investigator of the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER). An organizational sociologist, her work focuses on the effects of education reforms on student outcomes as well as on school policies and practices. Her recent research is heavily focused on the effects of various accountability policies and issues associated with teacher labor markets. She has written or edited seven books and numerous articles in education and management journals. Dr. Hannaway previously served on the faculty of Columbia, Princeton, and Stanford universities. She has held several national positions and currently serves on the National Academy Committee on Value-Added Methodology for Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation and Accountability.
