Michelle Reininger Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research Annenberg Hall Room 332 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (847) 491-4597

View Michelle Reininger's CV.

Year		Degree		Institution
2006		PhD, Social Sciences, Policy and Educational Practice		Stanford University
2004		MA, Economics		Stanford University
2001		MA, Leadership, Foundations and Policy		University of Virginia
1996		BA, Biochemistry		University of Colorado

Boyd, D., Grossman, P., Hammerness, K. Reininger, M., Lankford, H., Loeb, S., McDonald, M., Ronfeldt, M. & Wyckoff, J (2008). Surveying the Landscape of Teacher Education in New York City: Constrained Variation and the Challenge of Innovation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Reininger, M. & Hammerness, K. (2008). Who Goes Into Early-Entry Programs? in Grossman, P. & Loeb, S., Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of Teacher Education.

Loeb, S. & Reininger, M. (2004). Public Policy and Teacher Labor Markets: What We Know and Why it Matters. The Education Policy Center at Michigan State University.

Reininger, M. (2008). Teacher Mobility: The Distribution of Teachers Across Schools. Advanced Placement Institute
. Evanston, IL.

Reininger, M. (2007). Teacher Labor Market Policy: Implications for Geographical and Regional Wage Differences. EdVoice Institute
. Lake Tahoe, CA.

Reininger, M. (2007). Quality Counts: Teacher Quality Meeting. Teacher (Quality) Indicators: Excellence and Equity. Education Week
. Chicago, IL.

Reininger, M. (November, 2006). Understanding the Role of Teacher Preparation in Effective Teaching. . Invited presenter at Chicago Public Schools Annual Dean's Summit. Chicago, IL.

Reininger, M. (2006). What Is the Role of Teacher Preparation in Effective Teaching?. Inquiry Series, Union League Club of Chicago
. Chicago, IL.

The Transition to Teaching Study

Year		Title		Source		Period		Amount		Status
2008		School Principal Preparation, Recruitment, Retention, and Career Paths		Spencer Foundation		2008 - 2011		$510,875		Funded
PI: Reininger, Michelle   Spillane, James
2007		Targeting Recruitment Efforts at Promising Student Teachers: A New Approach for Teacher Recruitment in the Chicago Public School System		Joyce Foundation		2007 - 2009		$127,610		Funded
PI: Reininger, Michelle

LRN_SCI 451		Educational Policy: Design, Implementation, and Effects School reform has become a regular fixture in public, professional, and academic deliberations about our nation's schools. In the past couple of decades, educational reform proposals have grown significantly as both state and federal governments have become increasingly interested in developing education policies. This course will provide students with an introduction to key issues in K-12 educational policy. The course is designed to develop students’ abilities to examine, analyze, and critique education policies, education policy-making, and education policy implementation. Further, students will develop an appreciation for issues relating to policy effects. Given the vastness of the terrain, the course will be grounded in three education policy/reform initiatives that have gained considerable currency over the past decade: (1) Standards and Accountability (2) Teacher Quality (3) School Choice - Vouchers and Charter Schools.
HDSP 451-0		Educational Policy: Design, Implementation and Effects School reform has become a regular fixture in public, professional, and academic deliberations about our nation's schools. In the past couple of decades, educational reform proposals have grown significantly as both state and federal governments have become increasingly interested in developing education policies. This course will provide students with an introduction to key issues in K-12 educational policy. The course is designed to develop students’ abilities to examine, analyze and critique education policies, education policy-making, and education policy implementation. Further, students will develop an appreciation for issues relating to policy effects. Given the vastness of the terrain, the course will be grounded in three education policy/reform initiatives that have gained considerable currency over the past decade: (1) Standards and Accountability (2) Teacher Quality& (3) School Choice - Vouchers and Charter Schools
Soc Pol 306		Contemporary Issues in Education Policyr Through exploration of current K-12 education policy issues, students gain an understanding of the major debates arising in education and build a skill set that enables them to be critical consumers of policy.  Specific topics vary by year.
HDSP 451		Topics in Human Development and Social Policy Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Year		Organization		Position		Description
2008		National Council on Teacher Quality		Advisory Group: Student Teaching
2007		Education Resources Information Center, U.S. Department of Education		Content Expert: Teaching and Teacher Education

2008		Access to Child Care and the Labor Market Behavior of Teachers with Jason Grissom
2008		The Student Teaching Placement: The Importance of Recognizing and Understanding the Roles of Multiple Stakeholders with Matt Presser
2008		Characterizing Organizational Responses to Labor Market Demands for Alternative Teacher Certification Programs with Jeannette Colyvas
2008		Early Aspirants: A Longitudinal Study of the Path to Teaching with Katherine Ranney
2008		Hometown Advantage? It Depends on Where You're From: Teachers' location preferences and the implications for staffing schools .
2008		An Untapped Resource? The Role of the Community College in Teacher Labor Supply .