Carrie Conaway is the Chief Strategy and Research Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, where she helps the Commonwealth of MA set its priorities in education by commissioning and evaluating research and leading strategic planning for K-12 education.

I think you are really going to enjoy this episode. It's about the details of translating research into policy. We talk about how immigration and health care affect education, and Carrie shares her secret to success: No Meeting Fridays.

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Carrie Recommends

- Association for Education Finance and Policy http://aefpweb.org/

- Chiefs for Change http://chiefsforchange.org/