{"id":22256,"date":"2016-07-05T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=22256"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:05:39","slug":"marcus-winters","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/marcus-winters\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus A. Winters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Marcus A. Winters is a professor and chair of the Educational Leadership &amp; Policy Studies Department at BU Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. He is also faculty director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelockpolicycenter.org\">Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC)<\/a>. His research focuses on educational policy, with an emphasis on the impact of school choice, accountability, and policies on teacher quality.<\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Winters\u2019 research has been published in several academic journals, including <i>Journal of Public Economics<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Educational Researcher,\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Economics of Education Review<\/i>.<\/span><span> He has also written numerous articles on educational policy topics for popular media outlets including the <\/span><em>Wall Street Journal, <\/em>the <em>Washington Post, <\/em><span>and\u00a0<\/span><em>USA Today<\/em><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2026\/bu-wheelock-rises-again-in-us-news-ranking\/\">BU Wheelock Rises Again in US News Ranking<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2026\/faculty-rated-top-educational-policy-influencers\/\">Four Faculty Rated Top Educational Policy Influencers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/bu-wheelock-climbs-in-us-news-world-report-ratings\/\">BU Wheelock Climbs in US News &#038; World Report Ratings<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/bu-wheelock-scholarly-accomplishments-march-2025\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments March 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/three-bu-wheelock-faculty-promoted-to-full-professor\/\">Three BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted to Full Professor\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2020\/bu-wheelock-partners-with-mbae-to-track-teaching-and-learning-plans-in-massachusetts\/\">New Project Tracks COVID-19 Impact on Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2020\/dr-marcus-winters-rises-in-education-weeks-2020-edu-scholar-public-influence-rankings\/\">Marcus Winters Ranked Among Influential Education Policy Scholars<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2019\/dr-marcus-winters-awarded-william-t-grant-foundation-research-grant\/\">New Study Explores English Immersion Training for Teachers<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">In the Media<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org\/p\/special-education-shows-academic-gains-study\">Does Special Education Work?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/12\/06\/maryland-literacy-plan-third-graders-retention\/\">Maryland May Retain Third-Graders Lagging in Reading. Can Schools Afford It?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/08\/26\/carey-wright-maryland-superintendent\/\">She Boosted Schools in Mississippi. Can Carey Wright Do It Again in Maryland?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/not-everyone-board-board-proposed-221829576.html\">Not Everyone Is on Board with Proposed Literacy Policy to Hold Back Third Graders<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/opinion\/article\/ct-teacher-certification-america-19422173.php\">Opinion: CT Must Reimagine Teacher Certification Requirements<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/the-best-way-to-teach-reading-is-proven-what-mississippi-colorado-get-right\/\">The Best Way to Teach Reading Is Proven \u2014 What Mississippi, Colorado Get Right<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/how-mississippi-boosted-its-reading-scores\/\">How Mississippi Boosted Its Reading Scores<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/10\/us\/tennessee-third-grade-repeat\/index.html\">Tennessee Aims to Tackle Pandemic Learning Loss by Making Some Kids Repeat Third Grade<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/mississippi-students-surged-in-reading-over-the-last-decade-heres-how-schools-got-them-there\/2023\/06\">Mississippi Students Surged in Reading Over the Last Decade. Here\u2019s How Schools Got Them There.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2022\/plummeting-math-scores-confirm-impact-of-pandemic-on-students\/\">POV: Plummeting Math Achievement Scores Confirm Pandemic\u2019s Impact on US Public School Students<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":11825,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11825"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75941,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22256\/revisions\/75941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}