Summary: Paul Peterson, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, comments on his study, “Information Fuels Support for School Reform: Facts about local district performance alter public thinking.” Paul E. Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Editor-In-Chief of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research.Peterson is a former director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and of the Governmental Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He received his Ph. D. in political science from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the German Marshall Foundation, and the Center for Study in the Behavioral Sciences.He is the author of the book, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning (Harvard University Press, 2010). For the latest in education reform news, check ChoiceMedia.TV. For free karma points, tell a friend about the Ed Reform Minute podcast.© 2013 Choice Media
