Julia Kaufman

Department: Dean's Office
Department: Learning Policy Center - Executive Director

Julia Kaufman
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5807 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-624-7050
EMAIL: JHK16@pitt.edu

Research Associate

Kaufman, J.H. (2009). What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and work in school. In Gender, Equality, and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives (Eds. Alexander Wiseman and David Baker.) Bingley, UK: JAI Press.

Kaufman, J.H. & Stein, M.K. (Online First 2009). Teacher learning opportunities in a shifting policy environment for instruction. Educational Policy.
Stein, M.K. & Kaufman, J.H. (Accepted). Selecting and supporting the use of mathematics curricula at scale. American Educational Research Journal.
Kaufman, J.H. (2004). The interplay between social and cultural determinants of school effort and success. Social Science Quarterly, 85, 5, 1275-1298.

A+ Schools
- Data Collection and Analysis for A+ Schools' Report to the Community on Public School Progress in Pittsburgh (2009)
RAND Corporation
- Consultant for Evaluation of Beaver Valley Regional Choice Initiative, a five-year study on a 16-district consortium cooperating to offer multiple choice options to students (2007 - 2011)

Tools, Rules, and Schools: An A+ Schools Initiative
A+ Schools has engaged the Learning Policy Center (LPC) to conduct an analysis of the distribution and mobility of teachers across Pittsburgh Public Schools and to analyze the policies, practices, and working conditions that influence where and how teachers teach. LPC project members: Mary Kay Stein, Richard Correnti, and Julia Kaufman
Scaling Up Mathematics
(Postdoctoral Appointment at University of Pittsburgh). My work for this project focuses upon the implementation of mathematics curriculum reforms and how such reforms impact teachers’ instruction over time, as well as the extent to which teachers’ survey responses accurately capture the quality of their mathematics instruction.