About
Susanna Loeb is a Professor and director of the Education Policy Initiative at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education. She also serves as founder and executive director of the National Student Support Accelerator, dedicated to expanding high-impact tutoring to address educational inequities. Previously, she led the Annenberg Institute at Brown University (2023) and held the Barnett Family Professorship in Education at Stanford. Her research focuses on education policy, including educator career development, school finance, governance, and early childhood systems.
She founded the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford and co-directed Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Her landmark work includes leading the Getting Down to Facts research projects for California schools. Affiliations include the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), J-PAL, and membership in prestigious academies: the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Her leadership spans institutional roles such as directorships at Stanford and Brown, emphasizing policy-driven solutions to systemic educational challenges. While specific grants or advising details are not detailed here, her work consistently bridges academic research with actionable policy recommendations to enhance equitable education access.
