Michael Timpane is senior advisor for education policy for RAND. He has served as vice president and senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; as professor of education and president of Teachers College, Columbia University; and as deputy director and director of the National Institute of Education. He has conducted research on educational policy as a senior staff member at the Brookings Institution, and served as director of educational policy planning for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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