Sherrie Reed Bennett

Sherrie Reed
Sherrie Reed Bennett
Executive Director, California Education Lab,
University of California, Davis

Sherrie Reed Bennett is executive director of the California Education Lab at the UC Davis School of Education, where she manages and directs faculty research grants from foundations and the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to joining the California Education Lab, Reed served as the director of research for New Tech Network and she worked in K–12 education as a special education teacher, school administrator, and charter school developer. She received her PhD from the UC Davis School of Education.

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Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
Commentary by Sherrie Reed Bennett
: Unprecedented Times Provide Unprecedented Opportunity
: Do Charter Schools Spend Revenue Differently than Traditional Public Schools?
Sherrie Reed Bennett in the Media
: Increasing Access Can Raise Number of California Students Eligible for 4-Year Colleges
: Most California High School Seniors Shut out of Even Applying to the State’s Universities
: Innovating High School Math Through K–12 and Higher Education Partnerships
: Researchers Examine Impact of COVID-19 on Education
: Pandemic Has Students Rethinking Their Future
Publications by Sherrie Reed Bennett
Intersegmental Data Partnerships Resource Guide
Intersegmental Data Partnerships Resource Guide
Across California, K–12 public school districts, institutions of higher education, economic development groups, and community organizations are collaborating to improve the educational and labor market outcomes of students. These collaborative…
Community Collaboration in Teacher Recruitment and Retention
High quality instruction delivered by effective teachers is the key to student success. Hiring, developing and retaining good teachers are therefore the most important tasks of our public schools. The tasks of teacher recruitment and retention have…