I am director of national research at EdChoice. I am the author, editor, co-author or co-editor of ten books on education policy, including "Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned" (Harvard Education Press, 2018) "No Longer Forgotten: The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018) "Failure Up Close" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018), "Educational Entrepreneurship Today" (Harvard Education Press, 2016), "New and Better Schools" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), "Teacher Quality 2.0" (Harvard Education Press, 2014) and "Common Core Meets Education Reform" (Teachers College Press, 2013). I started my career as a ninth- and tenth-grade teacher in Montgomery, Alabama before earning my Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Arkansas. I am also an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute.