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Kenneth Wong
Fellow

Kenneth Wong

Member Since 1969

Biography

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.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Director of Urban Education Policy Program; Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Urban Studies Brown University Brown University 2005 Present
Founding Director National Research Center on School Choice Vanderbilt University 2004 2005
Assistant Professor Political Science Department University of Oregon 1984 1988
Department Chair Education Department Brown University 2007 2018
Assistant Professor Education Department University of Chicago 1988 1993
Associate Professor Education Department University of Chicago 1993 2001
Professor Peabody College Vanderbilt University Current

Expertise

Primary Sector

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration Budgeting and Finance Change Management Grants Management Human Capital Intergovernmental Organizational Structure/Design/Development Strategic Planning
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