Elizabeth Burr
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Elizabeth Burr
Senior Research Associate,
WestEd
Elizabeth Burr is senior research associate on the Research-Practice Partnerships team at WestEd. Her work addresses the disproportional representation of students who are English learners in special education; the unique needs of particular groups of English learner students; and early education. Prior to joining WestEd, Burr was project director at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University, and a project director at PACE. Currently she is working on a comprehensive toolkit for educators of English learners with disabilities. Burr received her MPA from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
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Publications by Elizabeth Burr
This report is the result of a study conducted for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services.
With an expanding economy and increasing numbers of CalWORK's participants moving into the workforce, demand for childcare in Los…
Are the Reform Pieces Fitting Together?
"Crucial Issues in California Education 2000" is a successor to "Conditions of Education," a PACE publication since 1984. Conditions combined up-to-date data and ongoing trends in a wide variety of indicators relevant to state education policy.
In…
Are the Reform Pieces Fitting Together?: Executive Summary
California’s schools may face scarcities of many key ingredients, from qualified teachers to modern classrooms. But there is no shortage of ideas when it comes to how policymakers are eagerly searching for ways to fix the state’s troubled public…