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    What's Replacing No Child Left Behind?

    What's Replacing No Child Left Behind?

    December 7, 2015

    Harvard EdCast | Martin West (Ph.D. '06, now faculty) discusses the big changes in federal legislation replacing No Child Left Behind, and what it may mean.

    Christmas in April

    Christmas in April

    December 8, 2015

    No Jargon [Podcast—Ep. 11] | Laura M. Tach (Ph.D. '10, now Cornell University) discusses the Earned Income Tax Credit and explains why it is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in America. This Scholars Strategy Network podcast presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Subscribe  in iTunes, or listen to individual episodes at the SSN website.

    Natalie Bau

    Natalie Bau

    PhD in Public Policy, 2015.
    Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UCLA.


    CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, 2016-2018. One of 18 exceptional early-career researchers from diverse science and social science fields selected to the inaugural cohort of the  CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program, sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. 

    Elizabeth  Linos

    Elizabeth Linos

    PhD in Public Policy, 2016.
    Assistant Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
    Co-director, The People Lab


    VP and Head of Research and Evaluation, Behavioral Insights Team – North America, 2016-2017.

    Elizabeth Linos is a behavioral scientist and public management scholar. She is faculty co-director of The People Lab at UC Berkeley, which aims to transform the public sector by producing cutting-edge research on the people in government and the communities they serve.

    Ariel Dora Stern

    Ariel Dora Stern

    PhD in Public Policy, 2014.
    Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.


    Named a Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2018.

    Named a Hellman Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School, 2017.

    Adam Thomas

    Adam Thomas

    PhD in Public Policy, 2007.
    Teaching Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University.


    From 2007 to 2011, Adam Thomas was the Research Director for the Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families, which is housed in the Institution’s Economic Studies program. While at Brookings, Thomas led the effort to develop FamilyScape, an agent-based simulation model of family formation.

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    Alex Keyssar

    Alexander Keyssar

    Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy


    Research interests: Historian, with a focus on explanation of issues that have contemporary policy implications. Election reform, the history of democracies, and the history of poverty.

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