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.
Budget and Finance, Civil Rights and Liberties, Education, Government Operations/Innovation, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Poverty, Urban Affairs
Academic
Academic Faculty, Academic Administration, Budgeting and Finance, Change Management, Grants Management, Human Capital, Intergovernmental, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Strategic Planning