A. Brooks Bowden

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A. Brooks Bowden
Associate Professor, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division, Graduate School of Education,
University of Pennsylvania

A. Brooks Bowden is associate professor with the Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division in Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as director of training for the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Bowden specializes in program evaluation and economic analysis. She serves as associate editor at the American Journal of Evaluation and is a board member of the Association for Education Finance and Policy and of the AERA journal Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis. In 2018, she was recognized as a top “40 for 40” early career scholar by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. She has been awarded research funding by the state of North Carolina, the Institute for Education Sciences (U.S. Department of Education), and the National Institute of Justice (U.S. Department of Justice). Bowden received her PhD in education policy from Columbia University.

updated 2025

Contributing topics
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Contributing initiatives
COVID-19 Recovery
Commentary by A. Brooks Bowden
: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Can Help Districts Plot Their Financial Course
A. Brooks Bowden in the Media
: Thousands of Kindergartners Didn’t Show Up for School Last Year. Here’s What That Means for the School Year to Come
Publications by A. Brooks Bowden
Report
Cost-Effective Decision-Making for California’s School System
A report on the importance of economic analysis in decision-making in CA's school system. Economic evaluations can help identify the most effective policies and interventions while reducing waste and ultimately improving outcomes for students.…