Rick Miller

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Rick Miller
Chief Executive Director,
CORE Districts

Rick Miller is the chief executive officer of the CORE Districts. Previously, he was deputy state superintendent for P–16 policy and information at the California Department of Education, where he developed policy recommendations to improve student achievement and close achievement gaps from PreK to higher education. He has also served as a strategic communications advisor to the chancellor of the California State University system and worked at Microsoft Corporation on privacy, security, and corporate communications. Earlier, he was press secretary to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in the Clinton administration and periodically detailed to the White House Office of Advance. He serves on the board of the Placer County Food Bank and is a former elected member of the Rocklin Unified School Board.

updated 2025

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
COVID-19 Recovery
Commentary by Rick Miller
: COVID-19 and the Educational Equity Crisis: Evidence on Learning Loss From the CORE Data Collaborative
Rick Miller in the Media
: Lack of Reliable Education Data Hamstrings California Lawmakers and the Public
: Flat Test Scores Leave California Far Behind Pre-Covid Levels of Achievement
: 2022 California Standardized Test Results Wipe Out Years of Steady Progress
: First Comprehensive Data in Two Years Show Big Academic Setbacks for California Students
: Findings from Education Analytics Identifies Learning Lags in California and South Carolina Since COVID