Frederick M. Hess

Frederick M. Hess, AEI's director of education policy studies, is an educator, political scientist, author, and popular speaker and commentator. He has authored such influential books as Spinning Wheels, Revolution at the Margins, and Common Sense School Reform. His work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets including Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, Urban Affairs Review, American Politics Quarterly, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, and National Review. A former high school social studies teacher, he has taught education and public policy at universities including Georgetown, Harvard, Rice, the University of Virginia, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is executive editor of Education Next, a faculty associate with Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, and serves on the board of directors for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education.