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
Policy Brief Myung Feb 2020
Organizing Schools to Serve Students with Disabilities
A Summary of the PACE Policy Research Panel
More than 725,000 of California’s K–12 students qualified for special education services in 2018–19, but they entered a system that is often ill-equipped to serve them. This brief summarizes the findings from the PACE Policy Research Panel on…
Report Humphrey Feb 2020
Promising Policies to Address the Needs of Students with Disabilities
Lessons from Other States
California faces challenges in its efforts to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities (SWDs), especially regarding SWDs’ participation in general education originally mandated by Public Law 94-142. Research evidence consistently…
R_Perry_Feb20
What’s Next for California Schools?
A Progress Report One Year After Getting Down to Facts II
The Getting Down to Facts II (GDTFII) project, released in September 2018, assessed the state of preK–12 education in California. As year 2 of Governor Newsom’s term begins, this report provides a progress update on three areas of concern raised by…
The Governor’s Budget Proposal and Getting Down to Facts II
Evidence to Inform Policy
Governor Newsom’s first Budget Proposal increases funding for education in California. There are areas of substantive overlap in the Budget Proposal and research findings from the Getting Down to Facts II (GDTFII) research project, released in…