Frederick M. Hess

Frederick M. Hess is the resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He is a widely-cited, influential author and has written numerous books, articles, and commentary about K-12 and higher education.

Research and Advocacy Focus
Hess advocates for "school reform," or structural changes to the U.S. public education system. In articles and commentary he has advocated for "educational entrepreneurship." He has also advocated cost-cutting to free up money for "school reform." He also comments on unions and collective bargaining.

Books and Articles
Books Hess has authored include The Same Thing Over and Over, Education Unbound, Common Sense School Reform, Revolution at the Margins, and Spinning Wheels. Hess is the co-editor of the book Stretching the School Dollar.

Hess writes the Education Week blog "Rick Hess Straight Up."

His articles have appeared in scholarly and popular outlets such as the Harvard Education Review, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Phi Delta Kappan, U.S. News & World Report, and The Washington Post.

Affiliations

 * Executive editor of Education Next
 * Member of the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education
 * Member of the board of directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers
 * Member of the board of directors of 4.0 Schools
 * Member of the board of directors of American Board for the Certification of Teaching Excellence (ABCTE)
 * Research Affiliate, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University
 * Codirector of the Future of American Educators project, formed to discover and promote original research on the topics of "federal education policy (such as Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind), school governance, choice-based reform (such as vouchers, charter schools, and tax incentives), school and district leadership, and teacher quality."
 * Member of the advisory board for the National Center for Teacher Quality (NCTQ)

Education
Ph.D., M.A., government, Harvard University

M.Ed., teaching and curriculum, Harvard University

B.A., political science, Brandeis University

Related SourceWatch articles

 * American Enterprise Institute

External resources
Frederick M. Hess Wikipedia: American Enterprise Institute