H. Alix Gallagher

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H. Alix Gallagher
Director, Strategic Partnerships,
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University

H. Alix Gallagher is the director of strategic partnerships for PACE. In research partnerships with California Education Partners and CORE Districts, the partners co-develop a research plan that provides ongoing feedback to support those organizations’ work and broader learning for California about how to support district and school improvement. Gallagher also leads PACE’s partnership with TeachAI, engaging with how artificial intelligence affects education and what state and district-policy makers could do in emerging arena. In response to COVID-19, Gallagher leveraged her knowledge of instruction and teacher learning to support partners rethinking instructional models to include distance and blended learning. Before joining PACE, Gallagher was an associate director at the Center for Education Policy at SRI International, where she led large-scale randomized controlled trials and policy studies. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

updated 2023

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
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
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
COVID-19 Recovery
Commentary by H. Alix Gallagher
: Unlocking the Potential of Transitional Kindergarten Requires Better Data on Early Education
: From Reactive to Proactive
: The Urgent Need to Update District Policies on Student Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education
H. Alix Gallagher in the Media
: No D’s and F’s? No Extra Credit? Will Bay Area Schools’ Switch to Equity Grading Help or Harm Students?
: Promising Practices for Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten
: Wealthy Bay Area School District Tackles Hot-Button Issue: What Is an ‘A’ Student?
: Universal Prekindergarten Is Coming to California—Bumpy Rollout and All
: Contra Costa County School District Educates Parents About AI in the Classroom
Publications by H. Alix Gallagher
Weaving and Stacking: How School Districts Craft Coherence Towards Continuous Improvement
Weaving and Stacking
How School Districts Craft Coherence Towards Continuous Improvement
Using qualitative case study methods, we examine how educators describe continuous improvement and craft coherence for implementation. We find that educators attempted to build system-wide improvement capabilities, taking into consideration…
Generating Traction with Continuous Improvement
Generating Traction with Continuous Improvement
Lessons from Two Learning Networks
Continuous improvement has a prominent place in California’s approach to educational accountability. But while there are proof points that show the potential of continuous improvement, currently there is not evidence that continuous improvement…
Early Indicators of Systemic Improvement: A Case Study of Two High-Poverty School Districts
Early Indicators of Systemic Improvement
A Case Study of Two High-Poverty School Districts
This report examines two districts—Azusa Unified and Dinuba Unified—that have begun to shift district structures, policies, and culture to have a measurable effect on student outcomes. Both districts have committed to reducing the D/F rate for…
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Educational Leadership and COVID-19
Lessons from Kern County
Counties, districts, and schools have had to respond to ever-shifting issues related to COVID-19. This brief describes the complex challenges that district superintendents faced, which often required expertise in areas beyond traditional…