Stanford scholars recognized for impact on public discourse on education

Linda Darling-Hammond, Larry Cuban, Eric Hanushek and Martin Carnoy are among the Stanford researchers included in an annual review of "Edu-Scholars."

January 7, 2015

From the American Enterprise Institute

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The story below is a news release from the American Enterprise Institute.

American Enterprise Institute director of education policy Frederick M. Hess released his “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” which recognizes 200 university-based scholars who shape public discussions of education. Using eight metrics, Hess calculated how much university-based academics moved ideas from academic journals into the national conversation.

“One small way to encourage academics to step into the fray and revisit academic norms is, I think, by doing more to recognize and value those scholars who engage in public discourse,” explained Hess. “These results offer insight into how scholars in a field of public concern are influencing thinking and the national discourse.”

In order, the top five were Diane Ravitch, Linda Darling-Hammond, Howard Gardner, Gary Orfield, and Paul E. Peterson. Rounding out the top ten were Andy Hargreaves, David Berliner, Larry Cuban, Yong Zhao, and Gene V. Glass. [Ed.: Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford, and Cuban is professor of education emeritus at Stanford.]

More than 50 universities claimed a spot in the top 200. Stanford University (4), Harvard University (3), New York University (2), and Arizona State University (2) placed multiple scholars in the top 20, and Stanford topped all other universities with 22 scholars ranked in all.

[Ed.: The 20 other scholars in the review who are listed as affiliated with Stanford are: Eric Hanushek, Nel Noddings, Martin Carnoy, Michael Kirst, Caroline Hoxby, Anthony Bryk, Susanna Loeb, Terry Moe, Sean Reardon, Sam Wineburg, Rob Reich, David Labaree, Prudence Carter, Thomas Dee, Bruce McCandliss, Mitchell Stevens, Edward Haertel, Pam Grossman (who this month started as dean of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education), Eric Bettinger and Margaret (Macke) Raymond.]

To see the complete list of 2015 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings as well as further information on its methodology, visit the post on the blog, Rick Hess Straight Up, which is published on the EdWeek website.