Margaret L. Plecki

Emeritus Professor,

University of Washington

Margaret Plecki's research and teaching expertise includes school finance, education policy, the economics of education, educational leadership, the allocation of resources for school improvement, teaching quality, and mixed-methods research design. Plecki is director of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy. She was also a policy analyst and research director for PACE. She was elected as president of the Association for Education Finance and Policy and served two terms on the organization’s board of directors. She has also worked as a special education teacher, a school administrator, and the managing partner of an education consulting firm. Plecki also served as a member of the Compensation Working Group in the state of Washington.

updated 1993

Contributing topics

Educational governance & policy

Educator workforce & effectiveness

Commentary by Margaret L. Plecki

June 30, 2014 : Results of a State Incentive Program on the Supply and Distribution of National Board Certified Teachers

Publications by Margaret L. Plecki

September 1993

Summary of the Research on School Choice in the United States

The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the research and analysis that exists in the literature about school choice. The primary focus of the paper is on research which has implications for the development and evaluation of public…