Brad Olsen is a senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and a professor of education emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on teachers and teacher development, school improvement; global comparative education;
edtech/artificial intelligence in education; and qualitative research methods. At Brookings, Olsen’s work centers on research and policy around the scaling of educational innovations for systemic improvement in low- and middle-income countries. His most recent book is Teaching for success: Developing your teacher identity in today’s classroom (2016, Routledge).
