Jeffrey Henig

Jeffrey Henig
Jeffrey Henig
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Education, Teachers College,
Teachers College, Columbia University

Jeffrey R. Henig is emeritus professor of political science and education and the politics and education program director at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research focuses on the boundary between private and public action in addressing social problems, including privatization and school choice, race and urban politics, and the politics of urban education reform. Henig is a member of the National Academy of Education, and is the author or co-author of over a dozen books, including The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics, and the Challenge of Urban Education and Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools. His book Spin Cycle: How Research Gets Used in Policy Debates: The Case of Charter Schools won the American Educational Research Association’s Outstanding Book Award in 2010. He received his BA in government from Cornell University and a PhD in political science from Northwestern University.

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Publications by Jeffrey Henig
California's implementation of Common Core State Standards and Local Control Funding Formula requires new support systems for districts, including professional networks and the California Department of Education. Successful implementation requires…