Mimi Engel is an associate professor and chair of the Research & Evaluation Methodology (REM) program in the CU Boulder School of Education. Dr. Engel's work spans several areas including policies that affect P-12 teachers and teacher labor markets; early childhood education (foci include kindergarten, P-3 alignment, mathematics instruction for young children); and contextual influences on children. She currently has a research-practice partnership with Denver Public Schools focused on supporting the District in evaluating and developing equitable teacher policies. The central aim of her research is to provide new information about policies, programs, and administrative factors that have the potential to improve students’ school-related outcomes, particularly among minoritized students. Dr. Engel uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct program evaluations and analyses investigating issues in education policy.
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teacher policies and teacher labor markets, kindergarten, early skill formation, educational policy, mixed methods educational research, early childhood mathematics teaching and learning, research-practice partnerships, program evaluation
