Join Dr. Jennifer King Rice, Dean and Professor, College of Education, for a  conversation about "Investing in Educational Equity and Opportunity." 

About Dr. Rice 

Jennifer King Rice is dean of the University of Maryland College of Education and  professor of education policy. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell  University. Dr. Rice’s research draws on the discipline of economics to explore  education policy questions concerning the efficiency, equity, and adequacy of U.S.  education systems. Her current work focuses on teachers as a critical resource in  the education process.  

Her authored and edited books include Fiscal Policy in Urban Education; High  Stakes Accountability: Implications for Resources and Capacity; and Teacher  Quality: Understanding the Effectiveness of Teacher Attributes, winner of the 2005  American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education book award.  

As a national expert in education finance and policy, Dr. Rice regularly consults  with numerous policy research organizations and state and federal agencies. She  was a National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation post-doctoral fellow  in 2002-03, and spent a recent sabbatical leave as a Visiting Fellow at the Urban Institute. She is a past president of the Association for Education Finance and  Policy.