Janelle Scott

Janelle Scott is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the Graduate School of Education and African American Studies Department, and the Haas Distinguished Chair of Educational Policy. She earned a Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to earning her doctorate, she taught elementary school in Oakland, Calif.

Her research explores the relationship between education, policy, and equality of opportunity, and centers on three related policy strands: the racial politics of public education, the politics of school choice, marketization, and privatization, and the role of elite and community-based advocacy in shaping public education. Her work has appeared in several edited books and journals, including the Peabody Journal of Education, Educational Policy, American Educational Research Journal, and Harvard Educational Review. She the editor of School choice and diversity: What the evidence says (2005, Teachers College Press).