Graduates' Employment Information
M.A. in Education Policy
Our M.A. graduates gain employement in policy, research, and teaching. Some also pursue doctoral degrees. Below are samples of where our graduates are working.
Position |
Employer |
Policy/Administrative Positions |
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Assistant Director (Training and Development) |
SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity), global non-profit |
National Program Director |
Posse Foundation, New York, NY |
Associate Dean of Admissions |
Hofstra University, New York, NY |
Program Associate |
New Visions for Public Schools, New York, NY |
Director |
The College Board, New York, NY |
Charter Accountability Facilitator |
New Visions for Public Schools, New York, NY |
Director of Special Education |
Opportunity Charter School, Harlem, NY |
Director of Partnerships and Development |
The New Teacher Project (TNTP), New York, NY |
Senior Program Manager |
The National Math and Science Initative, NYC |
Executive Director |
Achievement Network (Anet), NYC |
Outreach Director |
Educators 4 Excellence, New York, NY |
Grant Manager |
Good Shepherd Services, New York, NY |
Senior Manager, Research Writer |
Newleaders.org, New York, NY |
Director, Business Development |
New Teacher Center, NYC |
Regional Director, School Operations |
KIPP, New York, NY |
Director of Special Projects: Graduate Aims & Project Based Learning |
KIPP, New York, NY |
Director of High School Planning |
District Public, NYC |
Director of Career Programs |
The TEAK Fellowship, New York |
Program Director |
ISDE North America, Inc., New York, NY |
Assistant Director |
The College Board, New York, NY |
Interim Executive Director |
NY Appleseed.org , New York, NY |
Director |
Integration and Innovation Initiative (i3) at the Metropolitan Center for Research of Equity and Transformation of Schools at NYU Steinhardt, NYC |
Founder and COE |
Intersected Advisors, Greater NY City Area, NY |
Director of communications & research |
NYC Leadership Academy, New York, NY |
Assistant to the Director |
Barnard College, New York, NY |
Operations Manager |
Center for Public Research and Learning (CPRL), Columbia University, NYC |
Program Manager |
City Year, New York, NY |
Director of Programs and Partnerships |
Integrate NYC, New York, NY |
Project Assistant |
Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College, New York, NY |
Assistant Director, Decision Science |
The Opportunity Network, New York, NY |
Mentor and Student Coach |
Governor's Committee on Scholastic Achievement Mentoring Program, New York, NY |
Program Director |
NYC Department of Education |
Program Accountability and Policies Manager |
NYC Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education |
Program Director |
NYC Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education |
Chief of Staff, School Operations |
NYC Department of Education |
Showcase Director |
NYC Department of Education |
Program Analyst and Manager |
NYC Department of Education |
Family Support Coordinator |
NYC Department of Education |
Associate Program Director |
NYC Department of Education |
Authentic Assessment Specialist |
NYC Department of Education |
Manager, Learning to Work Initiative |
NYC Department of Education |
Director of Policy |
NYC Department of Education, NYC |
Assessment Manager, Division of Early Childhood Education |
NYC Department of Education, NYC |
Executive Assistant to the Executive Superintendent, Manhattan |
Office of Superintendent Marisol C. Rosales, NYCDOE, NYC |
Program Manager for the Mastery Collaborative |
Office of Leadership, Department of Teaching and Learning, NYC Department of Education |
Policy Manager |
NYC Department of Education |
Mixed Methods Research Consultant in the Office of Policy & Evaluation |
NYC Department of Education |
Senior Director of Operations and Policy |
NYC Department of Education |
Director of Marketing and Communications |
Manhattan Neighborhood Network |
Director of Place |
Julius Wilson Institute at the Harlem Children's Zone, New York, NY |
Director of Programs |
Junior Achievement of New York, New York, NY |
Partnership Associate |
PRACTICE Benefit Corp., Brooklyn, NY |
Education Equity Organizer |
ERASE Racism, Soyosset, Long Island |
Senior Director, Monitoring, Systems and Analysis |
Acelero Learning, New York, NY |
Senior Director, Strategy and Policy |
NYC Department of Education |
Education Manager |
Success Academy Charter Schools Relay Graduate School of Education |
Director of Student Information |
Achievement First, NYC |
Director |
Boston Ujima Project, Greater NYC Area |
Interim Head of City Operations |
Sidewalk Labs, NYC |
Community School Director |
New York Edge, Queens, NY |
Associate Head of School |
Tuxedo Park School, NYC |
Director of New York City Training and Technical Assistance |
All Our Kin, Inc., NYC |
Student Teaching Coordinator and Instructor/Team Leader |
Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY |
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY |
Founder & Principal, Consultant/Coach |
ELVYN Three Coaching & Consulting, NYC |
Development Coordinator |
The Opportunity Network, Greater NYC Area |
Assistant Principal/Co-Director |
NYCDOE, Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School/Learning Partners-Urban Teacher Residency |
Founder and Head of School |
Brooklyn RISE Charter School, NYC |
Education Manager Lead |
Success Academy Charter Schools, NYC |
Director of Civic Programs |
The Shed, NYC |
Senior Policy Associate |
Advance Illinois, NYC |
Manager of Education Policy |
The New York Immigration Coalition, NYC |
Founder & CEO |
Dreamers International Education, Inc. NYC |
Regional Associate Director of Operations |
KIPP, New York, NY |
Education & Policy Consultant |
The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, NYC |
Assistant Principal |
Bronx Prep Middle School, NYC |
Director of Education Policy |
Hispanic Federation, Albany, NY |
CSTEP Coordinator |
Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY |
Program Officer |
Walton Family Foundation, NYC |
Budget Manager |
KIPP New Jersey, Newark, NJ |
Program Specialist in the Office of Federal Programs & Grants |
Newark Board of Education, Newark, NJ |
Acting Division Director, Office of Career Readiness |
New Jersey DOE, Trenton, NJ |
Head of School |
Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, MA |
Senior Associate |
Center for Collaborative Education, Boston, MA |
Acting Director of School and Student Performance/ Data Specialist |
Worcester Public Schools, Greater Boston Area, MA |
Assistant Director |
Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Office of Undergraduate Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
Transition Coordinator |
State of Maine Department of Corrections, Long Creek Youth Development Center, Yarmouth, ME |
Education Policy Fellow |
National Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C. |
Strategy Advisor |
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. |
Program Assistant |
Chief Council of State School Officers (CCSSO), Washington, D.C. |
DC State Board of Education, Ward 5 Member |
DC State Board of Education, Washington D.C. |
Special Assistant, Office of Elementary and Secondary eduction |
U.S. Department of Education, Washington D.C. |
Policy Advisor |
Office of Planning Evaluation and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education, Washington D.C. |
Policy Analyst, Division of Health and Wellness |
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Washington D.C. |
Education Program Specialist in the Office of Migrant Education |
US Department of Education, Washington D.C. |
Senior Policy Analyst |
Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington D.C. |
Program Assistant |
Education Division at National Governors Association, Washington D.C. |
Deputy Director |
Aspen Institute Sports and Society Program, Washington, D.C. |
Specialist, Section 504 and Student Accommodations |
D.C. Public Schools, Washington D.C. Metro Area |
K-12 Senior Program Manager |
SchoolHouse Connection, Washington D.C. |
Phillips Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General |
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C. |
Education Manager |
Trinity Education Group, Baltimore, MD |
Continuous Improvement Program Director |
Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore MD |
Director, Cummings Scholars Program; Assistant Director, Scholars and Fellows |
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
Deputy Director |
PRE4CLE, Cleveland, OH |
Public Policy Associate |
Pittsburg Association for the Education of Young Children, Pittsburg, PA |
Director of Public Policy |
Trying Together, Pittsburgh, PA |
Assistant Director, Evaluation of Detroit Public Schools Community District |
Detroit Public Schools Community District, MI |
Assistant Director of Student Life |
Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
Strategic Resource Development |
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis, MN |
Senior Vice President, Youth Development |
Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta, GA |
Public Policy/Education Policy and Social Justice Advocate |
Greater Atlanta Area, GA |
Program Manager |
Reading & Math, Inc., Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, MN |
Research Associate |
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA |
Academic Coordinator |
Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
Impact Analyst, Peformance Strategy |
New Teacher Center, San Francisco, CA |
Account Executive |
CodeCombat, San Francisco, CA |
Learning & Impact Specialist |
The Teacher Guild, IDEO, San Francisco, CA |
Program Lead |
The Teacher Guild, IDEO, San Francisco, CA |
Head of Teaching & Learning |
Caliber Schools: Education Reimagined, San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
Director of Federal Policy & Advocacy |
PolicyLink, San Francisco, CA |
Director of Policy |
KIPP Public Schools Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
Senior Public Affairs Director |
Campaign for College Opportunity, Los Angeles, CA |
Director of Certification |
Relay Graduate School of Education, Greater LA area |
Education Consultant & Policy Analyst |
Greater Los Angeles Area, CA |
Grants Manager |
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY), Oakland, CA |
Director of Grants and Partnerships |
Colorado Attorney General's Office, The George Washington University, Telluride, CO |
Associate Dean |
College of Creative Arts and Design at Emily Griffith Technical College, Denver, CO |
Manager of Leadership Development |
Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO |
Delivery Leader |
Delivery Associates, Park City, UT |
Project Manager/Data Specialist/Software trainer |
Daxko, Birmingham, AL |
Primary Managing Director |
Uplift Education, Dallas, TX |
Manager of Teacher Pathways |
KIPP Houston Public Schools, Houston, TX |
Legislative Director |
State Representative Diego Bernal, San Antonio, TX |
Outreach Coordinator; Program Coordinator, |
University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
Project Manager |
Aladdin Cloud Technology, Beijing City, China |
Academic Advisor |
NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China |
Education Policy and Social Analysis Independent Consultant |
Bogotá, Colombia |
Chief Ministers Urban Leaders Fellow |
Delhi Government, New Delhi Area, India |
Programme Assistant |
UNESCO Asia Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding, Seoul, South Korea |
Education Officer |
United Nations Children's Fund Phillippines (UNICEF), Phillippines |
Research Positions |
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Policy Analyst |
The Children's Aid Society, New York, NY |
Higher Educaton Data and Policy Analyst |
The Education Trust, New York, NY |
Senior Research Assistant |
Community College Research Center TC, New York NY |
Data and Analytics Manager |
Bank Street Education Center, Bank Street College of Education, NYC |
Research Associate |
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, NYC |
Data Analyst |
NYCDOE, Center for Education Policy Research, New York, NY |
Pre-K Analyst |
NYCDOE, Office of Student Enrollment, New York, NY |
Senior Analyst |
NYCDOE, Office of Student Enrollment, New York, NY |
Operations and Data Manager |
NYC Department of Education, Office of Field Suport, New York, NY |
Policy Analyst |
Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, NYC |
Research Analyst |
NCREST, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC |
Research Associate |
Harlem Children's Zone, NYC |
Senior Analyst, Racial Equity Strategies |
Jobs for the Future, NYC |
Evidence Analyst |
Project Evident, Greater NYC Area |
Research and Policy Analyst |
Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools (Metro Center), Greater NYC Area |
Research Analyst, Institutional Research |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
Research Associate |
Transforming Education, Boston, MA |
Program Associate, Quality Performance Assessment |
Center for Collaborative Education, Boston, MA |
Associate Research Scientist |
US Department of Education, Baltimore, MD |
Policy Research Analyst |
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Boston, MA |
Research Project Manager |
Annenberg Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI |
Senior Research Analyst at the Early Childhood Research & Practice Collaborative |
NORC, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Policy Researcher |
Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE |
Analyst |
DC Public Schools, Washington D.C. |
Policy Analyst |
National Governors Association, Washington D.C. |
Policy Analyst |
Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington D.C. |
Senior Research Associate, the Institute for College Access and Success |
Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI), Washington D.C. |
Education Data Analyst |
AEM, Herndon, VA |
Policy Analyst |
PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education), Washington DC Metro Area |
Research Associate |
American Institutes for Research, Arlington, VA |
Research Assistant |
Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Philadelphia, PA |
Associate, Strategic Analytics |
The School District of Philadelphia, the Office of Research and Evaluation, Philadelphia, PA |
Research Specialist Intermediate |
Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
Senior Research Analyst |
Twitter, Atlanta, GA |
Senior Policy Analyst |
State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), Nashville, TN |
Education Researcher |
Digital Promise, San Mateo, CA |
Director of Government Relations & Advocacy |
Children's Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
Senior Analyst |
UCLA, CA |
Quality Improvement Specialist |
WestED-San Francisco, CA |
Senior Analyst - Free City College Program |
San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF), CA |
Research and Policy Associate |
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
Principal Researcher |
Australian Education Research Organization, Australia |
Teaching Positions |
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Lead Teacher |
Success Academy Charter Schools, NYC |
Assistant Principal, Dean of Students |
Success Academy Charter Schools, NYC |
Associate Director |
NYC Department of Education, NYC |
Advisor/Teacher (Humanities) |
Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA |
Director of Inclusivity & Equity/Executive Assistant to the Head of School |
Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA |
Teacher and researcher related to the higher education syste in Macedonia |
Fullbright Scholarship in Macedonia |
Project Manager & Teacher |
XueErSi Online School, TAL Education Group, Beijing, China |
Doctoral Program |
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Law School student |
Geogretown University, Washington, D.C. |
Law School student |
Columbia Law School, New York, NY |
Education Policy Program |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
School of Education: Quantitative Methods |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program |
The University of Denver in Denver, CO |
Educational Policy |
University of Arkansas, Fayettesville, AK |
Ph.D. student in the Department of Leadership, Policy , and Organizations |
Peabody College, Vandervilt University, Nashville, TN |
JD Candidate 2021 |
Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA |
Eugene Cota-Robles Doctoral Fellow |
University of California, Berkeley, CA |
Ph.D. in Education Policy |
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
Ph.D student |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, LA |
Ed.M. in Education Policy
Our Ed.M. graduates gain employment as consultants, managers, and policy analysts. Others move on to teaching positions or doctoral programs. Below are samples of where our graduates are working.
Position |
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Policy/Administrative Positions |
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Policy Consultant |
New York City Department of Education, NYC, Division of Early Childhood Education |
Program Director |
Teach for All, New York, NY |
Education Administrative Officer |
NYC Dept. of Education, New York, NY |
Operations Manager |
Character Lab, New York, NY |
General Manager |
CodeSpeak Labs, New York, NY |
Principal |
NOVA International Schools, Massachusetts |
Principal Investigator/ Assistant Commissioner |
MassTeach (NSF Noyce Program)/P-16 Alignment and Outreach, at Massachussets Department of Higher Education, Boston, MA |
Principal |
Jeffco Public Schools, Boulder, CO |
Research Positions |
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Budget and Education Policy Analyst |
NYC Independent Budget Office, New York |
Senior Analyst |
Newark Public Schools, NJ |
Research Director |
HOPE Center at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
Data Specialist |
Dept. of Language and Cultural Education, Chicago Public Schools, IL |
Teaching Positions |
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Professor |
IngenierÃa Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile |
Doctoral Program |
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Sociology of Education |
New York University, NYC |
Education Administration |
University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, Canada |
PhD student |
University of Pennsylavnia, Philadelphia, PA |
Ph.D. in Education Policy
Our Ph.D. graduates work as consultants, program directors, researchers, and faculty. Below are samples of where our graduates are working.
Position |
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Policy/Administrative Positions |
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VP, National Foundations |
Teach For America, NYC |
Senior Executive Director, Committees on Special Education |
NYCDOE, NYC |
Executive Director |
The Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University, NYC |
Research Associate (co-directs the MDRC Center for Effective Career and Technical Education.) |
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), NYC |
Partner, Evaluation and Measurement |
Transcend Education, NYC |
Program Director |
Next Generation Learning Challenges, Brookline, MA |
Policy Director |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Boston, MA |
Head of School |
Gann Academy, Waltham, MA |
Executive Director |
The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. |
Assistant Director of Research and Policy |
Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, D.C. |
Chief of Staff and Co-Interime Chief Academic Officer |
Two Rivers Public Charter Schools, Washington, DC |
Professor of Higher Education, Affiliate Professor of Law, and Associate Dean for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships |
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
Senior Coordinator, School Partnerships |
Northwestern University, Evnston, IL |
Consultant |
Proteus Consulting, San Diego, CA |
Research Positions |
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Senior Research Associate |
Community College Research Center, Teachers College, NYC |
Senior Research Associate |
Center for Children and Technology at Education Development Center (EDC), New York |
Senior Research Scientist |
NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD |
Policy Researcher |
Rand Corporation, New Orleans, LA |
Post doctoral associate |
U. Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI |
Vice President Research |
Campaign for College Opportunity, Los Angeles, CA |
Teaching Positions |
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Assistant Professor |
Boston University, Boston, MA |
Assistant Professor |
University of Pennsylavnia, Philadelphia, PA |
Assistant Research Professor |
Herr Research Center, Erickson Institute, Chicago, IL |
Associate Professor |
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
Associate Professor |
University of California, Berkeley, CA |
Assistant Professor of Education Leadership |
California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA |