Kathryn Parker Boudett

Kathryn Parker Boudett is Senior Lecturer on Education and the Director of the Data Wise Project (www.gse.harvard.edu/data wise) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she supports educators in collaborating so that each student thrives. Kathy teaches on-campus and online courses focused on the skills and habits of mind essential to improving learning and teaching (and does her best to ensure that every class she teaches and meeting she runs is as wise as it can be!). She is co-author of Meeting Wise: Making the Most of collaborative Time for Educators (Harvard Education Press, 2014) with Elizabeth City, co-editor of Data Wise: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning—Revised and Expanded Edition with Richard Murnane and Elizabeth City (Harvard Education Press, 2013); Data Wise in Action: Stories of Schools Using Data to Improve Teaching and Learning (Harvard Education Press, 2007) with Jennifer Steele; and co-author of Key Elements of Observing Practice: A Data Wise Facilitator's Guide and DVD (Harvard Education Press, 2010) with Elizabeth City and Marcia Russell. Kathy holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a BA in Economics from Yale University.