Kenneth Wong

MEMBER SINCE: 2021

Kenneth Wong is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy at Brown as well as professor of political science, public policy, and urban studies. He has conducted extensive research in the politics of education, federalism, policy innovation, outcome-based accountability, and governance redesign (including city and state takeover, management reform, and Title I school-wide reform). His research has received support from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the Social Science Research Council, the Spencer Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Broad Foundation, the British Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Wong has advised the US Secretaries of Education and Interior, US Congress, state legislature, governor and mayoral offices, and the leadership in several large urban school systems on how to redesign the accountability framework. He was editor of a major educational policy journal, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

History of Employment

Position

Division

Organization

Start

End

Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Director of Urban Education Policy Program; Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Urban Studies

Brown University

2005

Present

Department Chair

Education Department

Brown University

2007

2018

Founding Director

National Research Center on School Choice

Vanderbilt University

2004

2005

Associate Professor

Education Department

University of Chicago

1993

2001

Assistant Professor

Education Department

University of Chicago

1988

1993

Assistant Professor

Political Science Department

University of Oregon

1984

1988

Professor

Peabody College

Vanderbilt University

Primary Policy Areas

Budget and Finance, Civil Rights and Liberties, Education, Government Operations/Innovation, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Poverty, Urban Affairs

Primary Sector of Expertise

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Administration, Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Grants Management, Human Capital, Intergovernmental, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Strategic Planning