| Frederick M. Hess |
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| Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies |
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A former public high school social studies teacher, Rick Hess previously taught education and politics at the University of Virginia. He is a faculty associate at the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance and serves on the Review Board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education. At AEI, Hess works on a diverse range of K-12 and higher education issues including accountability, charter schooling and school choice, educational politics, collective bargaining, No Child Left Behind, teacher and administrative preparation and licensure, school governance, college affordability, and entrepreneurship. Please click here for a list of selected scholarly publications.
Short Biography
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Professional Experience
-Executive editor, Education Next, 2001-present
-Research associate, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, 1998-present
-Assistant professor of education and politics, University of Virginia, 1997-2002
-Teacher, public high school, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990-1992
Education
Ph.D., government, Harvard University
M.A., government, Harvard University
M.Ed., teaching and curriculum, Harvard University
B.A., political science, Brandeis University
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| Education |
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| Research Projects |
| Future of American Education Project |
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| Contact Information |
Frederick M. Hess
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-828-6030
Assistant: 202-862-5822
Fax: 202-862-7178
E-mail: RHess@aei.org
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When Research Matters
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| When Research Matters asks the questions that are rarely asked about the difficult road from research to successful education policy. [Read More] |
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