Amy Gerstein
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Amy Gerstein
Executive Director,
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
Amy Gerstein is the executive director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University. Her leadership is influenced by her career experience in educational policy and research, curriculum and instruction, district reform, professional development, philanthropy, and project management. She values close partnership work with community members across multiple sectors and appreciates the opportunity to address systemic and structural inequities to improve the lives of youth and families. Gerstein received her PhD in education from Stanford University.
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Publications by Amy Gerstein
Lessons on English Learner Reclassification
This report examines how California’s policies and local practices shape the reclassification of students designated as English learners. Drawing on a nine-year research–practice partnership, it analyzes how locally determined criteria—particularly…