Rate My Professor Carolyn Herrington

Carolyn Herrington is Professor of Educational Policy and Director of the Educational Policy Center in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University. Her research and teaching examine the politics and policies of educational reform, emphasizing the role of the state in accountability systems, school finance, school choice mechanisms such as vouchers, charter schools, tax credits, and education savings accounts, and comprehensive children’s services. With over 50 articles, chapters, and policy reports to her credit, her work has appeared in leading journals including Educational Policy, Education Finance and Policy, Peabody Journal of Education, American Journal of Education, Journal of Education Finance, International Journal of Education Reform, and Educational Administration Quarterly. Notable publications include “Thirty-Seven and Counting: How Has AEFP Evolved from Its Origins?” (2013), “Editors’ Introduction: Randomized Controlled Trials Meet the Real World” (2019, co-authored), and “Educational Reform in Florida: Context, Substance and Politics” (1994).