Meredith Phillips

Meredith Phillips
Meredith Phillips
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology,
University of California, Los Angeles

Meredith Phillips is an associate professor of public policy and sociology as well as chair of undergraduate affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. Phillips studies the causes and consequences of educational inequality, in particular the causes of ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in educational success and how to reduce those disparities. She is conducting an ethnographic longitudinal study of adolescent culture, families, schools, and academic achievement; an analysis of classroom environment surveys; and a study of promising school-based practices for improving students’ achievement. Phillips cofounded EdBoost and the Los Angeles Education Research Institute. Phillips is a past recipient of a National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. She received her PhD in sociology from Northwestern University.

updated 2018

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Getting Down To Facts II
Meredith Phillips in the Media
: Connecting the Dots: Harnessing Integrated Data to Improve Education in California
: Major National Research Project Finds California Education Beginning on Right Path; Improvements on Reforms Needed
: GSPP Faculty Research Featured in Statewide Research on California K–12 Education, Getting Down To Facts II
: Major National Research Project Finds California Education Beginning on Right Path; Improvements on Reforms Needed
Publications by Meredith Phillips
GDTFII Brief Data
Making California Data More Useful for Educational Improvement
What impact do California’s publicly-financed preschool programs have on kindergarten readiness and student success? Which schools are moving low-income, Hispanic English learners to full English proficiency most successfully? Are smaller…