Stephen Frank
Director
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Stephen heads ERS research, ERS methods, and the school funding system practice area. He is the coauthor with Karen Miles of The Strategic School and is currently finishing a paper: “Tapping the Power of Inclusion for All Students: How Special Education Reform Can Drive District Transformation.” Since joining ERS, Stephen has led or co-led projects in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Rochester, Syracuse, and elsewhere. And he is or has been on the board of numerous national education research projects for the Department of Education, the State of Texas, and other organizations.
Prior to coming to ERS, Stephen was a management consultant at Bain & Company in Dallas. He has also taught education and public policy classes for institutions including the Broad Institute, New Leaders for New Schools, Brigham Young University, and Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
Outside of his work, Stephen reads and reviews fantasy literature. He has been the chief blogger at fantasy literature.com, and is currently an aspiring fantasy novelist. “Many people make up their own reality,” he says about his passion. “But where most of them are merely talented hobbyists, I’m training to go pro.” When Stephen is not spending time with his family, he likes to play guitar and to take long walks and short jogs in his neighborhood in Murphy, Texas.
