Redesigning the United States Department of Education for localized ideation through user-centric research and organizational design

Education inequality in the United States is a complex challenge to tackle, and one that a centralized enterprise isn't always equipped to address. The United States Department of Education has a mission to bring a quality, globally-competitive education to all students in the US, but leaves to the states much of the power to enact policy towards that end - the department itself recognizes that states are responsible for curriculum development, graduation standards, school facilities, standardized tests, community programs, and other factors that affect educational outcomes. While the federal Department of Education provides quantitative data collection and publishing, student loan programs, anti-discrimination mandates, and other initiatives vital to the management of education nationwide, compared to states, they are relatively distanced from the local issues that hugely impact end education experience.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Reid, Tanner Scott.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Maria C. Yang.

• Engineering and Management Program.
• System Design and Management Program.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122339

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/122339