Dr. Paul Peterson

Biography

Paul E. Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he also serves as the Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and is actively involved in educational policy, federalism, social capital, and charter schools. His groundbreaking research has evaluated the effectiveness of school vouchers and other education reform initiatives, identifying trends in student performance and addressing social and ethnic gaps over the past fifty years. Peterson is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education. His accolades include the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Woodrow Wilson Award from the American Political Science Association. He has published extensively in the field of government and international relations and has received the Walton Family Foundation Prize for his academic paper on school choice reform awarded by the Economics Finance Policy Association. Notable works include 'Saving Schools' and 'Endangering Prosperity'.

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