Kevin Carey

Kevin Carey is the policy director of Education Sector, a non-partisan think tank founded in 2006. Carey's recent publications include studies of minority college graduation rates, higher education accountability, K–12 school funding, No Child Left Behind implementation, the use of technology in higher education, and high-performing community colleges. He previously worked at D.C.-based research and advocacy organizations including the Education Trust and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He lived in Indiana from 1995 to 2001, serving as the Indiana assistant state budget director for education under Governor Frank O'Bannon and as a senior analyst for the Indiana Senate Finance Committee.

Carey writes a monthly column for the Chronicle of Higher Education. He has published magazine articles and op-eds in publications including Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Phi Delta Kappan, Change, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Education Week, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, and Christian Science Monitor. He has also provided analysis and commentary for CNN, C-SPAN, PBS and National Public Radio. Carey blogs regularly at The Quick and the ED and Brainstorm. He has an M.P.A from the Ohio State University, and a B.A. in political science from Binghamton University.