Julia E. Koppich

Julia Koppich
Julia E. Koppich
President,
J. Koppich & Associates

Julia E. Koppich is president of J. Koppich & Associates, a San Francisco-based education consulting firm. She has served as a policy consultant for numerous state and federal organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center on Performance Incentives, the Education Commission of the States, the National Governors Association, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She was also director and deputy director of PACE. She has been a principal researcher on studies of urban school change, teacher peer review, and the impact of federal policy on states and local school districts. She is the author of numerous articles and the co-author of two books: A Union of Professionals and United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society. Dr. Koppich received her PhD in educational administration and policy analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2020

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
Continuous Improvement and Support Systems in California
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
LCFF Research Collaborative
Commentary by Julia E. Koppich
: Strong, Collaborative Labor–Management Relations Can Move Postpandemic Education Forward
: Getting Serious About Teacher Evaluation
Julia E. Koppich in the Media
: Grappling with Covid’s Impact on Education: Labor and Management Confront the Crisis
: California’s School District Accountability Plans Need More Rigorous Review by County Leaders
: Report Highlights Difficulties in Aligning Early Ed with Elementary School
: Is California’s Investment in Needy Students Paying Off? Few Signs Yet That Achievement Gap Is Closing
: District Leaders Generally Support California’s Flexible School Finance Formula
Publications by Julia E. Koppich
Negotiating What Matters Most: Collective Bargaining and Student Achievement
Negotiating What Matters Most
Collective Bargaining and Student Achievement
Despite a statutorily narrow scope of bargaining, the scope of topics of union-management discussions has widened over the last 20 years, resulting in the birth of reform, or professional, unionism. But over the last half decade, professional…
A Tale of Two Approaches—The AFT, the NEA, and NCLB
A Tale of Two Approaches—The AFT, the NEA, and NCLB
When President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law on January 8, 2002, neither the National Education Association (NEA) nor the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was on record supporting or opposing the new legislation.…
The Federal Role in Teacher Professional Development
The Federal Role in Teacher Professional Development
The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides an opportune occasion to take a fresh look at the federal role in teacher professional development. Funds designed to improve teachers' professional prowess are…
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Organizing the Other Half of Teaching
In 1975, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed the Rodda Act into law. Formally known as the Education Employment Relations Act (later changed to the Public Employment Relations Act), this statute gave the state's public school teachers…