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Andrew Simon
Mar 07, 2025

Simon Investigates “Racial Excellence Gap” in Public Education

UVA Batten assistant professor Andrew Simon and his co-authors explore the “racial excellence gap” in primary and secondary schools in their article, published in Nature, one of the world's leading scientific journals. 

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Tim Layton and Andrew Simon
Aug 23, 2024

New Faculty Members Tim Layton and Andrew Simon Join UVA Batten

The UVA Batten School is extremely pleased to welcome two new faculty members this fall: Tim Layton joins us as an associate professor of public policy, and Andrew Simon joins us as an assistant professor of public policy.

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