Michael S. Garet

Michael S. Garet is vice president and institute fellow at the American Institutes for Research, where he specializes in teacher development and the evaluation of educational interventions. He was previously an assistant professor in the School of Education at Stanford University and an associate professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. At AIR, he co-leads projects for the Institute of Education Sciences on multi-tiered systems of support in reading and the Comprehensive Literacy State Development program. He also leads research for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Networks for School Improvement and a longitudinal study of COVID, equity, and education. His work has examined the impact of teacher professional development in reading, mathematics, and science, as well as teacher and leader evaluation systems. Garet earned his BS in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and a PhD in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

updated 2025