Frederick M. Hess

Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies

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An educator, political scientist, and author, Frederick M. Hess studies a range of K-12 and higher education issues. He is the author of influential books on education including The Same Thing Over and Over, Education Unbound, Common Sense School Reform, Revolution at the Margins, and Spinning Wheels, and pens the Education Week blog "Rick Hess Straight Up."  His work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets such as Teachers College Record, Harvard Education Review, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, American Politics Quarterly, Chronicle of Higher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, New York Times and National Review. He has edited widely-cited volumes on education philanthropy, stretching the school dollar, the impact of education research, and No Child Left Behind.  He serves as executive editor of Education Next, as lead faculty member for the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program, on the Review Board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education, and on the Boards of Directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 4.0 SCHOOLS, and the American Board for the Certification of Teaching Excellence. A former high school social studies teacher, he has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Rice University, and Harvard University. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University as well as an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum.

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Experience

  • Executive Editor, Education Next, 2001-present
  • Research Associate, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, 1998-present
  • Assistant Professor of Education and Politics, University of Virginia, 1997-2002
  • Public High School Teacher, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990-92

Education

Ph.D., M.A., government; M.Ed., teaching and curriculum, Harvard University
B.A., political science, Brandeis University

All Items by Frederick M. Hess

Education / K-12 / System Reform
Chairman Kline Unveils GOP Vision to Fix No Child Left Behind
Frederick M. Hess
Thursday, February 09, 2012 | 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Join us to hear U.S. Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, discuss the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act prior to their introduction in the U.S. House.

Education / K-12 / System Reform
A Lot to learn
Frederick M. Hess | Philanthropy Roundtable
February 03, 2012

Steven Brill’s Class Warfare is an immensely readable take on a slice of the “school reform” movement and an intriguing look at some key individuals in that effort. But, as is shown by its treatment of philanthropy, the book is perhaps more revealing for what its author omits—and how its blinkered view can mislead readers on big questions.

Education / K-12 / System Reform
No thanks very much: Critics of public-school philanthropy overstate their case
Frederick M. Hess | The Daily
February 03, 2012

Normally, we expect to get thanked when giving a few bucks to a good cause. When it comes to K-12 schooling, though, folks giving away millions have been slammed for their trouble.

Education / K-12
Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy
Frederick M. Hess
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Join us at AEI for a conversation that will consider what the 2012 elections hold for education against the backdrop of the new book "Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America's Schools," edited by AEI's Frederick M. Hess and Andrew P. Kelly.

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