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portraitJanelle Scott
Assistant Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation

Office: 3529 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-642-4740
Email: jtscott at berkeley.edu
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J
anelle Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education and the Department of African American Studies. Her research centers on three related policy strands: the racial politics of public education, the politics of school choice, and the role of private sector actors in shaping public education. Her current research examines the relationship between philanthropy and school choice policy in urban communities. She is a 2008-2009 National Academy of Education-Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, and the editor of School choice and diversity: What the evidence says (2005 Teachers College Press).



Degrees
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Education Policy

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Areas of Specialization / Interests
Charter Schools
Educational Equity
Leadership
Minorities
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Politics of School Structure and Governance
Qualitative Methods
Reform Issues
Urban Leadership
Urban Schooling

Last Modified: 11/25/08