1. Mark Berends, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Sociology, and Director, Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, University of Notre Dame, and Director, National Center on School Choice. His main fields of interest are sociology of education, school and schooling effects, school organization, and equity. He is currently examining organizational and instructional differences in charter, magnet, private, and traditional public schools. Another longitudinal research project is examining the effects...
2. Samuel R. Lucas, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley. His main fields of interest are sociology of education, social stratification, research methods, and research statistics. Dr. Lucas conducts research on the effects of racial and sex discrimination. Theorizing Discrimination in an Era of Contested Prejudice, the first of a series of books on discrimination in the United States, was published by Temple University Press in August 2008.
3. Roberto V. Peñaloza, Ph.D., is Statistician, National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. His main fields of interest are applied statistics and econometrics, education, economic development, international economics, and health. His current work includes “Opening the Black Box of Choice and Regular Public Schools: A Study of Achievement Growth, Instruction, and Alignment” and “Increasing Racial Isolation and Test Score Gaps in Mathematics: A Thirty-Year Perspective.”