Jeimee Estrada

Jeimee Estrada brings deep expertise in California education policy informed by her experience as both a researcher and former K-12 high school teacher. Jeimee joined Innovate in 2013 as its founding Director, Policy and Research, and will be leading Innovate’s new LA team/expansion effort.Before joining Innovate’s founding team, she was a researcher at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), and taught in California universities. Jeimee also was a high school English and Spanish teacher in east San Jose. Throughout her career, Jeimee’s research has focused on how the policies and practices support educating all students and addressing achievement gaps for disadvantaged student populations. Jeimee grew up in South Los Angeles near Watts and began her career doing education policy research for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Office of Education, the Inner City Education Fund Schools, and the Center on Educational Governance at the University of Southern California (USC). Jeimee holds a B.A. in English and political science from UCLA and a master’s degree in public policy from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. At AIR, Jeimee led several policy and research projects on topics such as the California Local Control Funding Formula, state implementation of the federal flexibility provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and implementation of weighted-student funding formulas. Before AIR, Jeimee was a fiscal and policy analyst at the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), where she provided nonpartisan fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature. She focused on state accountability, teacher workforce and quality issues, charter schools, school district finance, and education data and technology. Jeimee grew up in South Los Angeles near Watts and began her career doing education policy research for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Office of Education, the Inner City Education Fund Schools, and the Center on Educational Governance at the University of Southern California (USC). Jeimee holds a B.A. in English and political science from UCLA and a master’s degree in public policy from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

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