About: Michael Grady
Profile:
Michael Grady is the deputy director at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. He also serves as principal investigator of a major collaboration between the Institute and the National League of Cities that will work with mayors, municipal leaders, and their education policy advisers on strategies to increase the public's awareness, participation and stake in local school-improvement initiatives in the context of No Child Left Behind. Prior to joining the Institute, Mike was a senior research associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he managed the research and evaluation portfolio. He has also served as director of research and evaluation for a major urban school district, research associate for a court-appointed committee charged with developing and evaluating magnet schools, and high school teacher in the U.S. and abroad. He has conducted research on the Comer School Development Program, educational equity initiatives, and school-based management at the district level. Mike's research and policy interests include urban education reform, educational equity, community and parent engagement, and research and evaluation design. Mike holds an EdM and an EdD from Harvard University.

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