Background

• Chait holds a Masters in Teaching from American University

• Chait also holds a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University

• A Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University

• As a former third-grade teacher, Chait also served as a Program Analyst in the U.S. Department of Education’s Planning and Evaluation Service, where she designed and managed a major evaluation of the Reading Excellence Act and wrote major sections of the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Title I reports and other Department of Education-issued reports. (Source: CAP)

Professional Positions

• Most recently Robin worked with Practical Strategy, LLC, Education Policy and Management Consulting to provide on-site assistance to the National High School Alliance.

• While at HS Alliance, Robin's main focus was managing the National Network of Constituent Organizations project, a network of organizations funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the work of the National Governors Association's Honor States program.

• Robin has also worked with Cross & Joftus, LLC, providing research support to the National Governors Association, Holland and Knight, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on a number of projects, including developing profiles of best practices in high school reform for the NGA's state policy compendium, "Getting It Done: Ten Steps to a State Action Agenda.

• Robin has also played a central role in developing competencies for improving grants management for the Corporation for National Service’s Learn and Serve America program and conducted background research in support of its grants streamlining initiative. (Source: CAP)

Accomplishments

Articles by Robin Chait:

• There’s More to College than Just Getting In, April 23, 2008

• Giving All Students the Opportunity to Learn, February 21, 2008

• Start the Surge: Reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act Now, February 4, 2008

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