Sherrie Reed Bennett

Sherrie Reed Bennett is executive director of the California Education Lab at the UC Davis School of Education, where she manages and directs faculty research efforts. Her work supports major collaborations among California’s public education segments, including formal partnerships with the California Department of Education, the University of California Office of the President, the California State University Chancellor’s Office, the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, and the California Student Aid Commission. Her research focuses on school reform, with studies on charter school accountability, student perceptions of school climate, and school finance in California’s charter and traditional public schools. She was previously  director of research for New Tech Network and worked in K–12 education as a special education teacher, school administrator, and charter school developer. Reed Bennett earned her BA in secondary education and an MA in special education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a PhD from the University of California, Davis.

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