Dr. Ann Mantil

Biography

Ann Mantil is an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a senior research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. With 25 years of experience in K–12 education practice, policy, and research, she serves as a co-principal investigator on the Educational Opportunity Massachusetts project, analyzing student progress in the state's K–16 education system. Mantil's recent published research focuses on the equity consequences of high-stakes exit exams and the experiences of immigrant newcomers in Massachusetts high schools. Her work has been profiled in prominent media outlets such as the Boston Globe, WBUR, Commonwealth Magazine, and Education Week. At Harvard, she teaches courses on the use of evidence in educational testing. Mantil holds an M.P.A. from Princeton University and an Ed.D. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Before her current roles, she spent nine years as a charter school teacher and administrator in Oakland, California, and Washington, D.C., and held strategic planning positions in local school districts and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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