Twitter: @sarahyatsko

Sarah Yatsko is a Senior Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington where she has worked since 2007. Since joining CRPE she has conducted research and analysis on the efficacy of U.S. public school system reforms. Her work has included research for a U.S. Department of Education funded four-year “Inside Charter Schools” study. She has also conducted in depth case studies of comprehensive district-wide reform efforts in Hartford, CT, Baltimore, MD, and Cleveland, OH. She was lead author of a nationally recognized study of SIG implementation in Washington state, with a focus on district supports. Sarah is currently lead researcher on a Gates Foundation initiative to fund and analyze collaboration between school district and charter school leaders in 16 cities. She is also helping direct CRPE’s work with the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s High School Redesign Initiative, a project to catalyze school district creation of new high school models that incorporate benefits of technological advances in education alongside Common Core State Standards. She regularly presents her research to school districts, communities and at national education conferences. Her work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and on NPR’s All Things Considered. Prior to CRPE, Sarah worked for a decade with adjudicated youth as a sentencing alternative expert in King County Washington. She has also lead research and authored reports on the efficacy of juvenile criminal legal representation as well as barriers to employment for public assistance recipients. Ms. Yatsko has a BA in English Literature from Loyola University and an MPA in Education and Social Policy from the University of Washington.