Dr. Tony Bryk, Professor of Urban Education/Sociology
University of Chicago
Dr. Anthony Bryk is the Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His main areas of expertise are school organization, education reform, accountability, assessment, and educational statistics. Dr. Bryk is the Director of the Center for School Improvement at the University of Chicago, which supports school improvement efforts within the Chicago Public Schools. Prior to his appointment at UC, Dr. Bryk was a faculty member of the Harvard School of Graduate Education for 10 years.
Dr. Ruth Johnson, Professor of Educational Administration
California State University-Los Angeles
Dr. Ruth Johnson is a Professor of Educational Administration and Co-Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Urban Educational Leadership, K-12. Dr. Johnson's major scholarly interests and publications focus on the processes related to changing the academic culture of urban schools with an emphasis on access and equity. Her current book, Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap: How to Measure Equity in Our Schools, is being used in schools and colleges nation-wide. Dr. Johnson is an active member of Ebony Guild, a community group that provides services for high school girls who are upward bound.
Policy Researchers/School District Leaders
Marshall Smith, Program Director
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Marshall "Mike" Smith has been the program director for education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, for almost three years. Prior to that, he was Acting Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Education in the Clinton Administration. During the Carter Administration, he was Chief of Staff to the Secretary for Education and Assistant Commissioner for Policy Studies in the Office of Education. Mr. Smith has also been a professor at Harvard, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Stanford University.
Dr. Milbrey McLaughlin, Professor of Education and Public Policy
Stanford University
Dr. Milbrey McLaughlin is a David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University. She is well-known to educational leaders for her wide-ranging scholarly writing on K-12 teaching and education policy in the United States. Dr. McLaughlin makes use of her extensive personal collection of case studies and research results to teach classes in qualitative analysis, evaluation, and policy analysis. Recently, she expanded her collection to include long-term studies of community-created organizations for urban youth.
