Director of Education Policy and Leadership Program & Sr Professorial Lecturer

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Additional Positions at 17吃瓜在线: Director, Education Policy and Leadership Program; Professorial Lecturer
Degrees: B.A. from the University of Wisconsin

Master鈥檚 degree in Education Policy from the George Washington University

Master of Arts in Teaching degree from 17吃瓜在线

PhD in Education Policy at the University of Maryland 鈥� College Park
Bio: Dr. Reuben Jacobson has worked at the intersection of education research, policy, and practice for nearly 20 years. He is committed to educational change and equity and has substantial experience designing and implementing strategies that bring stakeholders together to work on common challenges.

Reuben served as the Deputy Director for the Coalition for Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) where he helped grow and strengthen community schools by mobilizing national partners and local leaders. He has researched and written about the growing field of school and community partnerships for organizations such as the Brookings Institution and the Center for American Progress.

Reuben worked at the American Institutes for Research as an education research analyst and spent two challenging and wonderful years teaching fifth and sixth grade students in D.C. Public Schools as a D.C. Teaching Fellow. He is an alumnus of the Education Pioneers Fellowship and IEL鈥檚 Education Policy Fellowship Program.

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