Research output per year
Research output per year
I am an assistant professor of education policy, organization, and leadership in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I use quantitative methods to study school finance, school choice, resource allocation in schools, and teacher quality. In addition to writing policy briefs and reports for policymakers and practitioners, I have published my research in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including Review of Public Personnel Administration, Educational Administration Quarterly, Journal of Education Finance, American Educational Research Journal, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
I completed a PhD in urban education policy and a MA in economics at the University of Southern California. Prior to enrolling at USC I earned a MA in science and math education and BAs in philosophy and molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley and taught middle school science in Oakland and Los Angeles, California.
EPOL 542: Public School Finance (EdM)
EPOL 548: Human Resource Management at the School District Level (EdD)
EPOL 549: School District Financial Management (EdD)
ERAM 556: Program Evaluation
ERAM 560: Quantitative Policy Analysis (PhD)
Illinois State Board of Education (Co-PI, $405,000, 2024-2027): Illinois principal recruiment
National Science Foundation (PI, $499,012, 2023-2026): Collaborative research: Impacts of state policy on computer science participation and teacher preparation (Nos. 2317943 and 2317944)
UIUC College of Education Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship (PI, $6,308, 2023-2024): The operations and effectiveness of teacher hiring committees
Illinois State Board of Education (Co-PI, $146,740, 2022-2024): Illinois principal recruiment
UIUC Campus Research Board Research Support Award (PI, $29,182, 2021-2024): Hiring under constraint: How school administrators perceive and respond to centralized screening by the district (No. RB22001)
UIUC College of Education COVID-19 Seed Funding (PI, $10,000, 2020-2021): Teacher hiring before, during, and after a pandemic
Google Computer Science Education Research (CS-ER) Program (Co-PI, $125,000, 2020-2021): Equitable expansion of high school CS: Trends and trade-offs between and within states (No. 93661913)
Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (x11 2020-2024)
Outstanding Reviewer ACM’s SIG on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE; 2024)
Distinguished Research and Practice Fellow National Education Finance Academy (2023)
Journal of Education Finance Article of the Year National Education Finance Academy (2020)
Emerging Education Policy Scholar Thomas B. Fordham Institute (2019)
New Scholar Grant Association for Education Finance and Policy (2018)
David L. Clark Scholar University Council for Educational Administration (2018)
Rossier/Graduate School Ph.D. Fellow University of Southern California (2015-2019)
Teaching Effectiveness Award University of California, Berkeley (2009)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor University of California, Berkeley (2009)
California Flanders Fellow University of California, Berkeley (2007-2009)
Distinction in General Scholarship University of California, Berkeley (2004)
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1310 S. 6th St.
Champaign, IL 61820-6925
Science and Math Education, MA, University of California, Berkeley
Philosophy/Molecular & Cell Biology, BA, University of California, Berkeley
Economics, MA, University of Southern California
Urban Education Policy, PhD, University of Southern California
Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other report
Research output: Other contribution › Magazine/newspaper essay
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
11/19/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
8/7/24 → 11/12/24
4 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
10/29/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
10/28/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
10/14/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
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Bruno, P. A. (Speaker)
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Bruno, P. A. (Speaker)
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