Susanna Loeb
loeb@brown.edu
+1 401 863 7062
Director of the Annenberg Institute
Professor of International and Public Affairs
Professor of Education
Susanna’s research focuses broadly on education policy and its role in improving educational opportunities for students. Her work has addressed issues of educator career choices and professional development, of school finance and governance, and of early childhood systems. She is the founder and acting executive director of the National Student Support Accelerator. Before moving to Brown, Susanna was the Barnett Family Professor of Education at Stanford University. She was the founding director of the Center for Education Policy (CEPA) at Stanford and co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Susanna led the research for both Getting Down to Facts projects for California schools. She is a member of the National Academy of Education and an American Education Research Association Fellow. In 2020, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD in Economics and an MPP in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Political Science and a BS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.
November 17, 2022 EdSource
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb comments for EdSource that tutoring, either online or in-person, is the best way to accelerate student learning.
October 14, 2022 The Conversation
In this interview with The Conversation, Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb explains the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 8, 2022 The New Yorker
In an interview with The New Yorker, Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb discusses the biggest takeaways on the low test results of the National Assessment of Education Progress report released last week.
September 1, 2022 The New York Times
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb offered commentary for the New York Times on concerns over the low test results of the 2021 National Assessment of Educational Progress, which may reflect a long-term impact among lower-achieving students.
August 4, 2022 USA Today
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb comments on the forces that intensified the inequities in educational opportunity and achievement during the pandemic for USA Today.
July 29, 2022
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb among nine research teams at Brown University to be awarded research support from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Pandemic Response Policy Research Fund.