Edward Wexler

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Edward Wexler
High School Principal,
Jakarta Intercultural School

Edward Wexler is the high school principal at Jakarta Intercultural School in Indonesia. He previously served as middle school assistant principal at Triangle Math and Science Academy Charter School in North Carolina and as head of the high school campus at the International School of Zug and Luzern in Switzerland. He was also high school principal at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi, Academia Cotopaxi in Ecuador, and Lincoln School in Nepal. Wexler began his career as a social studies teacher in Maryland and California public schools. He was formerly a researcher with Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Wexler earned a BA in psychology from Emory University and an MA in educational policy, organization, measurement, and evaluation from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Contributing topics
Continuous school improvement & support
Educational governance & policy
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Publications by Edward Wexler
School Choice Grows—With Scarce Evidence on Effects
School Choice Grows—With Scarce Evidence on Effects
Spring 1999 PACE Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 1.
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School Choice
Abundant Hopes, Scarce Evidence of Results—Executive Summary
Public education in the US is widely criticized and everyone wants to reform it, but there's no consensus on the best strategy for improvement. This report focuses on school choice, a reform avenue gaining steam in California and the US, to explore…
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School Choice
Abundant Hopes, Scarce Evidence of Results
Public education receives criticism from various stakeholders. Despite satisfaction with local elementary schools, overall quality concerns prevail. There is no consensus on the best approach to improve schools. PACE report investigates school…
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California's Class Size Reduction
Implications for Equity, Practice, and Implementation
In 1996, CA launched a $1 billion class size reduction (CSR) initiative to improve early literacy. The initiative provides $800 per student to schools reducing class size to 20 or fewer in first, second, and/or third grade, and kindergarten. CSR was…