Julia E. Koppich

Julia Koppich
Julia E. Koppich
President,
J. Koppich & Associates

Julia E. Koppich is president of J. Koppich & Associates, a San Francisco-based education consulting firm. She has served as a policy consultant for numerous state and federal organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center on Performance Incentives, the Education Commission of the States, the National Governors Association, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. She was also director and deputy director of PACE. She has been a principal researcher on studies of urban school change, teacher peer review, and the impact of federal policy on states and local school districts. She is the author of numerous articles and the co-author of two books: A Union of Professionals and United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society. Dr. Koppich received her PhD in educational administration and policy analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2020

Publications by Julia E. Koppich
This is the seventh edition of Conditions of Education in California. Since 1984, PACE has endeavored to compile a continuing picture of education in the state by analyzing data about enrollment trends, student achievement, fiscal conditions, human…
Not Whether, But What
Choice. It is a pleasant enough sound­ing word. In some contexts, "choice" conjures up notions of freedom and de­mocracy, concepts and conditions Ameri­cans revere. In specific application to education, choice describes a set of sys­tems or…
Connecting Labor Relations and School Reform: A Report on Year Two of the Trust Agreement Project
Since September 1987, twelve California school districts and their teachers' unions have been experimenting with a new form of labor accord called an Educational Policy Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement Project is designed to enable teachers, as…
This is the fifth edition of Conditions of Education in California. Over time, the content and format have changed in keeping with suggestions made by readers. This publication is based upon compilations and syntheses of information collected by…