syatsko@u.washington.edu

Sarah Yatsko is a Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. She began her work at CRPE as a researcher on and providing overall project organizational support for the four-year Inside Charter Schools study, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. She has also completed a study for the Annie E. Casey Foundation on school turnaround work in districts awarded SIG grants. Ms. Yatsko has provided portfolio districts, including Hartford, CT and Baltimore, MD, with comprehensive case studies of their district-wide reform efforts. She has authored several reports and has presented to districts and communities, and at national education conferences. Prior to joining CRPE, she spent a decade as a sentencing alternative specialist in the juvenile court system in King County, WA. After leaving this work to attend graduate school, she conducted research on barriers to employment for recipients of public assistance for the State of Washington and directed a statewide study funded by the American Bar Association on the efficacy of indigent legal representation for juveniles. Sarah has a BA in English Literature from Loyola University and an MPA in Social and Education Policy from the University of Washington.

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Sarah's Publications

Beating the Odds: How State Education Agencies Can Better Support School Turnarounds Sarah Yatsko, Melissa Bowen

Seattle Public Schools Performance Analysis 2009–2010 Christine Campbell, Betheny Gross, Cristina Sepe, Sarah Yatsko

Beyond Teacher Reassignments: Better Ways Districts Can Remedy Salary Inequities Across Schools Marguerite Roza, Sarah Yatsko

Charter High Schools: Alternative Paths to Graduation Sarah Yatsko, Betheny Gross, Jon Christensen