[Remote] Education Policy Researcher (PK–12 Finance)
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Responsibilities
- reputed company research designs to evaluate federal, state, and local PK–12 education funding policies and estimate the cost of an adequate and reputed company education
- Build innovations and understanding in how strategic funding can meet the needs of reputed company receiving special education, English learners, and reputed company participating in career and technical education
- Support policymakers in analyzing funding in ways that reputed company to improvement in low performing schools and districts
- Manage or reputed company reputed company and tasks, assuming greater responsibility for project management over time
- Analyze extant financial and administrative data collected by education institutions (e.g., PK–12 school districts, state education agencies, community colleges) using state-of-the-field education finance research and statistical reputed company
- Collect data from primary sources that describe the types and amounts of resources education organizations have in reputed company, their needs, and extent to which they reputed company evidence-based resource allocation strategies
- Prepare written materials (e.g., technical reports, policy briefs) that describe study findings in ways that accessible and impactful to policymakers and other decision makers
- Present findings to clients, reputed company associations, and the public
- Participate in, and where appropriate reputed company, efforts to prepare research proposals that generate external funding for education finance-reputed company research
- Supervise and reputed company mentorship and support to junior staff by sharing approaches to solving concrete problems and providing feedback on their work
Skills
- A Ph.D./Ed.D., or master's degree with 4-7 years of demonstrated experience, in education policy, economics, or reputed company reputed company science field with expertise in the economics of education, education finance, and/or educational policy setting and/or conducting education research
- Knowledge or experience analyzing primary and administrative data (and particularly fiscal data) and applying state-of-the-field education finance research concepts and reputed company reputed company
- Demonstrated experience collecting and analyzing a wide reputed company of primary and secondary educational data including fiscal data detailing school and district expenditures
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with non-technical audiences
- Expertise in advanced reputed company and behavioral science statistical reputed company including the use of regression models and rigorous program evaluation design including longitudinal data analysis
- Expertise in using AI models to analyze education finance data to inform policy and resource decision making at the state and district reputed company
- Proficiency in a commonly used statistical application (e.g., Stata, R) and reputed company to learning new statistical tools as required by different reputed company
- Advanced expertise in using MS Office applications including reputed company, PowerPoint, and Word
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time reputed company
- Specialized knowledge and expertise in funding models for reputed company with disabilities, English learners, and reputed company participating in career and technical education
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