Carrie Hahnel

Carrie Hahnel is senior associate partner for policy and evaluation at Bellwether and a senior policy and research fellow with Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Her research and policy expertise focus on school finance, school data, education accountability, and ways in which policies and systems can mitigate racial and socioeconomic inequities. She most recently served as senior director of policy and strategy with the Opportunity Institute and has also held positions as the deputy director for policy and research and interim co-executive director for The Education Trust—West and as research and evaluation director for the KIPP network of schools. She started her career in education as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer and has also worked as an arts education advocate. She received her BA from Carleton College and her MEd from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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