Faculty & Research Faculty Faculty B W Facet Last Name - Faculty Education (-) Economics Facet Area of Focus - Faculty Department of Politics Department of Economics Center for Effective Lawmaking School of Education and Human Development Global Policy Center National Security Policy Center Miller Center School of Law Social Innovation @ UVA The Equity Center Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service (-) EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Facet UVA Partner - Faculty EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Facet Batten Department - Faculty Daphna Bassok Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy dbassok@virginia.edu 434-982-5415 Olsson Hall, 238B Daphna Bassok is the Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Virginia and associate director of EdPolicyWorks, a collaboration between the School of Education and Human Development and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Her research focuses on early childhood education policy and efforts to improve early childhood education at scale, particularly policies aimed at supporting the early childhood education workforce. Read full bio James H. Wyckoff Professor of Education and Public Policy; Director, Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness wyckoff@virginia.edu 434-924-0842 Ruffner 258 Jim Wyckoff is a professor of education and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the Curry Memorial Professor of Education and Policy, and the Director of EdPolicyWorks, a collaboration between the School of Education and Human Development and the Batten School. Wyckoff focuses on issues of teacher labor markets, teacher preparation, recruitment, assessment and retention. His current research examines how teacher assessment and evaluation systems influence the quality of teaching, especially in traditionally low performing classrooms. Read full bio
Daphna Bassok Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy dbassok@virginia.edu 434-982-5415 Olsson Hall, 238B Daphna Bassok is the Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Virginia and associate director of EdPolicyWorks, a collaboration between the School of Education and Human Development and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Her research focuses on early childhood education policy and efforts to improve early childhood education at scale, particularly policies aimed at supporting the early childhood education workforce. Read full bio
James H. Wyckoff Professor of Education and Public Policy; Director, Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness wyckoff@virginia.edu 434-924-0842 Ruffner 258 Jim Wyckoff is a professor of education and public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the Curry Memorial Professor of Education and Policy, and the Director of EdPolicyWorks, a collaboration between the School of Education and Human Development and the Batten School. Wyckoff focuses on issues of teacher labor markets, teacher preparation, recruitment, assessment and retention. His current research examines how teacher assessment and evaluation systems influence the quality of teaching, especially in traditionally low performing classrooms. Read full bio