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Dr. Ariel Tichnor-Wagner is a senior lecturer in the Educational Policy Studies program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also affiliated faculty with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center<\/a> (WEPC). Her research focuses on education policy and politics, with an emphasis on policy and program implementation, continuous improvement research, school improvement, civics education, global citizenship education, and teacher policy. Having begun her career as a public school teacher, Dr. Tichnor-Wagner is deeply committed to research that supports educators in designing and implementing policies and practices that support the academic and social-emotional development of diverse and historically underserved students.<\/p>\n

Previously, Dr. Tichnor-Wagner worked as a senior fellow at ASCD and collaborated with the US Department of Education, US State Department, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation, and other organizations on issues related to global competence and educational change. She has conducted evaluations for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on civic education and teacher licensure policies, and is a research partner with the Boston Public Schools on projects focused on professional learning and improvement science.<\/p>\n

Dr. Tichnor-Wagner is the author of two books on globally competent teaching and leading, and her research has appeared in a variety of academic journals and popular education media outlets, including Educational Administration Quarterly<\/em>, Teachers College Record<\/em>, Educational Policy<\/em>, Leadership and Policy in Schools<\/em>, the Journal of Educational Change<\/em>, Education Policy Analysis Archives<\/em>, and Education Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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