David Liebowitz

David Liebowitz is an Assistant Professor in the Education Policy and Leadership program within the College of Education at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on documenting challenges in schools serving low-income students and developing strategies to improve leadership and organizational practices through rigorous quantitative analysis.

Education:

• EdD in Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice from Harvard University (2015)
• EdM in School Leadership from Harvard University (2011)
• EdM in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University (2008)
• BA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (1999)

Dr. Liebowitz's research spans Education Policy Analysis, School Leadership, Educational Inequality, and Teacher Evaluation, with emphasis on quantitative methods to examine leadership effectiveness, desegregation impacts, and policy implementation. His work frequently addresses equity concerns in under-resourced educational settings and investigates causal relationships between administrative practices and student outcomes.

Analysis of his 2022-2024 publications reveals sustained focus on principal leadership effects, teacher evaluation systems, and school improvement networks, with increasing attention to longitudinal impacts on post-secondary outcomes and nuanced examination of policy trade-offs between accountability and professional growth.