Policy reports

Paul Goren is Vice President, Research and Knowledge Use at CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) in Chicago. He was previously Lewis-Sebring Director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and Senior Vice President at the Spencer Foundation in Chicago. Paul has also served as Director of Child and Youth Development at the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, Executive Director for Policy and Strategic Services at the Minneapolis Public Schools and Education Policy Director at the National Governors’ Association in Washington, DC. He earned his PhD in education policy and administration from Stanford University, a Master’s in public policy from The University of Texas, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Williams College. During Paul's Ian Axford Fellowship exchange to New Zealand he was based at the Ministry of Education in Wellington, where he researched the implementation of the new Māori education strategy.