Jeimee Estrada-Miller

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Jeimee Estrada-Miller
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rossier School of Education, and Adunct Instructor, Sol Price School of Public Policy,
University of Southern California

Jeimee Estrada-Miller is a postdoctoral fellow at the USC Rossier School of Education and an adjunct instructor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She previously served as an adjunct at RAND and USC Price; a senior fellow at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading; and both interim national senior advisor on policy and strategy and executive director at Educators for Excellence (E4E). Her prior roles include regional vice president for Los Angeles and vice president of research and policy at Innovate Public Schools; researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR); legislative and policy advisor at the California Legislative Analyst’s Office; and a K–12 teacher. Her research focuses on K–12 education policy and governance, as well as policy formulation and implementation. She studies school systems as governmental and bureaucratic units, drawing on perspectives from public policy, political science, and education. Her work examines both state- and district-level policymaking and the interactions between them. Across more than 12 years in education policy and research, she has focused on inequality and the role of public action in addressing disparities in education and broader public policy. Estrada-Miller received her PhD in Public Policy and Management from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

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Publications by Jeimee Estrada-Miller
The 2022 PACE/USC Rossier Poll
The 2021-22 academic year in California was challenging for public education due to eight issues that threaten student learning, schools, and public education itself, including gun violence, declining enrollment, and long-term funding inadequacy.…
Community schools are gaining attention as a promising solution for students from low-income families who have suffered economic trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policymakers are investing in their expansion, and effective use of data will be…