Bruce Fuller

Bruce Fuller
Bruce Fuller
Professor,
University of California, Berkeley

Bruce Fuller is professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses on the early learning of young children and the diverse institutions that enrich their development. A former director of PACE and researcher at the World Bank, he taught at Harvard University before returning to California and UC Berkeley. He is author of Standardized Childhood and of Organizing Locally. He is working on a book on the history of civic activism and school reform in Los Angeles. Fuller received his PhD in the sociology of education at Stanford University.

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Publications by Bruce Fuller
Evaluation Findings and Implications
Accountability for student results has been the focal point of education reform since the mid-1990s, when states across the country began instituting performance-based accountability policies as part and parcel of their standards-based reforms.…
National Disparities in Funding, Teacher Quality, and Student Support
Early proponents of charter schools, over a decade ago, argued that these human-scale organizations would help close the achievement gap. Liberated from downtown bureaucracy and voluminous state rules, charter schools were expected to craft crisp…
Which Families to Serve First? Who Will Respond?
Several states are extending access to preschool for a widening range of families. Georgia has made dramatic progress toward providing preschool slots for all three and four year old children. Illinois, New Jersey, and New York have taken steps to…
Assessing Balance and Substance
Calif. Recall News Built Largely on Schwarzenegger’s Campaign, UC Study of Media Coverage Finds Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger benefited from lopsided media attention in the opening weeks of his campaign to unseat Gov. Gray Davis, just before…