Jeannie Myung

Jeannie Myung
Jeannie Myung
Director of Policy Research,
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University

Jeannie Myung is director of policy research at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), where she oversees the initiation, development, and dissemination of research to inform education policy in California. She was managing director of the research project “Getting Down to Facts II: Current Conditions and Paths Forward for California Schools.” She was previously a program director at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where her work focused on teacher quality, social-emotional learning, and fostering continuous school improvement in networks. Myung has been a researcher at the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University and a public school teacher. She received her PhD in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.

updated 2021

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
Newcomer Education
Organizing Schools to Serve Students with Disabilities
PACE/USC Rossier Voter Poll
Commentary by Jeannie Myung
: Why Aren’t Students Showing Up for School?: Understanding the Complexity Behind Rising Rates of Chronic Absenteeism
: Implementing a Restorative Restart by Planning for the Four Ts: Time, Talent, Training, and Technology/Materials
Jeannie Myung in the Media
: Chronic Absenteeism Among Ventura County Students Stays Close to Post-Pandemic High
: Teachers of Recently Arrived Immigrant Students to Get Help Under New CA Law
: Assessing Voters’ and Parents’ Perspectives on Current Threats to Public Education
: PACE Director Jeannie Myung Champions Schools That Lead Cohort Recruitment Drive
: Support for California Schools and Teachers Grows in Pandemic Year
Publications by Jeannie Myung
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Californians and K–12 Education Amid COVID-19 Recovery
Views from the 2021 PACE/USC Rossier Poll
Growing inequities and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic together with billions of dollars in new funding present an opportunity to make substantial changes to K–12 education to better serve all students in California. In May 2021, PACE…
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Restorative Restart
The Path Towards Reimagining and Rebuilding Schools
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all students; however, its impact has been particularly devastating for students of color, students from low-income families, English learners, and other marginalized children and youth. As transmission rates…
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Continuous Improvement in Schools in the COVID-19 Context
This  brief summarizes key points from the report Enabling Conditions and Capacities for Continuous Improvement: A Framework for Measuring and Supporting Progress Towards the Goals of the Statewide System of Support and contextualizes the…
PB Cottingham July 2020
Supporting Learning in the COVID-19 Context
Research to Guide Distance and Blended Instruction
Though the delivery of instruction in the 2020–21 school year will be altered to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a long-standing research base on high-quality instruction can inform decisions about students’ learning and engagement. The following…