Erin M. Fahle

Erin Fahle
Erin M. Fahle
Executive Director, Educational Opportunity Project ,
Stanford University

Erin M. Fahle is the executive director of the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, where she researches how social and school contexts shape gender, racial, and socioeconomic inequalities in educational opportunity and student achievement. Her work helps states, districts, and schools identify policy and practice interventions to improve educational outcomes. She was previously an assistant professor in the School of Education at St. John’s University and a research scientist at NWEA. Fahle’s research has been published in Educational Researcher and the American Educational Research Journal and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. Fahle earned her BS in mathematics and an MS in applied mathematics and statistics from Georgetown University and a PhD in education policy from Stanford University.

updated 2025

Contributing topics
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Contributing initiatives
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
Erin M. Fahle in the Media
: School Poverty—Not Racial Composition—Limits Educational Opportunity, According to New Research at Stanford
: Question Format May Impact How Boys and Girls Score on Standardized Tests, Stanford Study Finds
Publications by Erin M. Fahle
A Middle School Drop
Consistent Gender Differences in Students’ Self-Efficacy
This brief examines the consistency of the drop in academic self-efficacy during middle school across various student groups, such as demographics, achievement level, and school of attendance. The study finds that the drop is essentially universal…