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portraitJanelle Scott
Assistant Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation

Office: 3529 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-642-4740
Email: jtscott at berkeley.edu
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Staff Contact: Ann Foley
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Phone: 510-642-0709
Email: afoley at berkeley.edu

J
anelle Scott is an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley in the Graduate School of Education and African American Studies Department. She earned a Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to earning her doctorate, she taught elementary school in Oakland, California. Her research explores the relationship between education, policy, and equality of opportunity, and centers on three related policy strands: the racial politics of public education, the politics of school choice, marketization, and privatization, and the role of elite and community-based advocacy in shaping public education. Her work has appeared in several edited books and journals, including the Peabody Journal of Education, Educational Policy, American Educational Research Journal, and Harvard Educational Review. She the editor of School choice and diversity: What the evidence says (2005 Teachers College Press).



Degrees
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Education Policy

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Courses and Professional Programs
Education 290A: Research Group on Neoliberalism and Education Policy Education 290C: Research Advances in Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Education 290A: Research on School Choice: Theory, Politics, and Evidence

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Publications

Books
School choice and diversity: What the evidence says (2005). New York: Teachers College Press.

Workshops

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Areas of Specialization / Interests
Charter Schools
Educational Equity
Leadership
Minorities
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Politics of School Structure and Governance
Qualitative Methods
Reform Issues
Urban Leadership
Urban Schooling

Last Modified: 3/3/11