Allan R. Odden
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Allan R. Odden
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Allan R. Odden is professor emeritus of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also is co-director emeritus of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, a consortium of the University of the Wisconsin–Madison; Teachers College, Columbia University; and Harvard, Northwestern, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Stanford Universities. Odden is also director emeritus of Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education, a project focused on talent management in education. He formerly was professor of education policy and administration at the University of Southern California and director of Policy Analysis for California Education.
updated 1993
Publications by Allan R. Odden
This is the seventh edition of Conditions of Education in California. Since 1984, PACE has endeavored to compile a continuing picture of education in the state by analyzing data about enrollment trends, student achievement, fiscal conditions, human…
California's public schools have been trapped in the state's fiscal and political gridlock. Since the 1983 reforms, California has not supported a cohesive education reform strategy. Further, a series of publicly enacted initiatives, including…
After taking a back seat to education reform programs during the 1980s, school finance is again in the forefront. With the recent sweeping state supreme court decisions overturning school finance structures in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Texas,…
Many of the major problems faced by California's education system originate outside the schoolhouse walls. Public schools are pinned inside an iron triangle of shifting demographics, declining economics, and intensifying politics. The historic…