Sandra Park

Sandra Park
Sandra Park
Co-Founder,
Improvement Collective

Sandra Park is a co-founder of the Improvement Collective, which is dedicated to helping education and other social sector organizations build their improvement capacity to solve problems in the field. She is also a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation, where she previously worked as the director of external offerings and partnerships as well as the director of the foundation's Building a Teaching Effectiveness Network (BTEN). Park previously taught elementary school in Oregon, Maryland, and Washington, DC, and was director of programs at First Graduate in San Francisco. Park earned a PhD in education policy from the University of California, Berkeley. She holds an Improvement Advisor certificate from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

updated 2025

Contributing topics
Continuous school improvement & support
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Continuous Improvement and Support Systems in California
Getting Down To Facts II
Sandra Park in the Media
: Report Published on Continuous Improvement in Education Practice
Publications by Sandra Park
Towards a Common Vision of Continuous Improvement for California
CA is shifting the responsibility for school improvement to local school districts with County Offices of Education playing a supportive role. The focus is on local leaders driving educational improvement and ensuring quality. Strategic data use is…
Continuous Improvement in Practice
This report explores the concept of "continuous improvement" in California's K-12 education system, defining it as a shared, evidence-based process that requires a change in culture and a substantial investment of time and resources. Interviews with…
Disparities in charter school resources—the influence of state policy and community
Disparities in Charter School Resources
The Influence of State Policy and Community
Findings show that charter schools in the US perform similarly or worse than public schools due to disparities in resources. State regulation leads to fewer uncredentialed teachers, and more state spending equals more equal teacher salaries. Local…
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Snapshots of Reform
District Efforts to Raise Achievement across Diverse Communities in California
This paper examines the effectiveness of California's class-size reduction policy in elementary schools, finding that it improved student achievement in reading and math, particularly for low-income and minority students. However, it also concludes…