Daniel C. Humphrey

Daniel Humphrey
Daniel C. Humphrey
Independent Education Consultant

Daniel C. Humphrey is an education policy consultant and the former director of the Center for Education Policy at SRI International. He is a nationally known expert on teacher development, urban education, and school reform. He has more than 20 years of experience researching complex educational interventions both in California and the U.S. He has managed numerous large-scale, multiyear evaluations, many of which focus on state and federal education policy; efforts to improve schooling for low-income and special needs children; and principal and teacher development. Among these are studies of California’s Peer Assistance and Review programs as well as of the state’s Local Control Funding Formula. A former elementary school teacher and principal, Humphrey holds an EdD in history and education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

updated 2021

Contributing topics
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Continuous Improvement and Support Systems in California
COVID-19 Recovery
Getting Down To Facts II
LCFF Research Collaborative
Organizing Schools to Serve Students with Disabilities
Commentary by Daniel C. Humphrey
: In Pandemic’s Wake, California Needs to Rethink System of Support for Schools
: Getting Serious About Teacher Evaluation
Daniel C. Humphrey in the Media
: Billions of California Education Dollars Unaccounted For
: Researchers Urge Changes to Improve California’s Education Funding Law
: ‘Achievement Gap’ Still Plagues California Schools
: California’s School District Accountability Plans Need More Rigorous Review by County Leaders
: In Pandemic’s Wake, California Needs to Rethink System of Support for Schools
Publications by Daniel C. Humphrey
Paving the Way to Equity and Coherence?
The Local Control Funding Formula in Year 3
This report seeks to help policymakers and others better understand ways in which LCFF implementation is changing fundamental aspects of resource allocation and governance in California’s K-12 education system. The LCFF provides all districts with…
Two Years of California's Local Control Funding Formula
Time to Reaffirm the Grand Vision
California ended 40 years of reliance on categorical funding for schools when Governor Jerry Brown signed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) into law on July 1, 2013. LCFF intends to enhance services for high-needs students through new…
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Toward a Grand Vision
Early Implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula
California has taken the first steps down an historic path that fundamentally alters how its public schools are financed, education decisions are made, and traditionally underserved students’ needs are met. The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF),…
Bumpy Path Into a Profession
What California's Beginning Teachers Experience
In California as elsewhere, state policy anticipates that aspiring teachers will follow a uniform, multistep path into the profession. It assumes they will complete a preparation program and earn a preliminary credential, take a teaching job and be…