Ann Jaquith
Director of the Policy, Organization and Leadership Studies
Initiative Centers & Program
Bio
Dr. Jaquith is the director of the Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS) master’s program and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Through her scholarship and applied research, she is particularly interested in how (and under what conditions) diverse actors in the U.S. educational system can work together to bring about positive change, especially for marginalized and disadvantaged youth. She is the author of “How to Create the Conditions for Learning: Continuous Improvement in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts” (Harvard Education Press, 2017). Her work has also appeared in The Foundation Review, Principal Magazine, Educational Forum, Educational Leadership, Journal of Staff Development, The Handbook of Professional Development, PK-12: Successful Models and Practices, and Second International Handbook of Educational Change.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Initiative Centers & Program
2025-26 Courses
- Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
EDUC 200B (Win) - Leading Change in Schools
EDUC 275 (Spr) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209A (Aut) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209B (Win) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209C (Spr) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Curricular Practical Training
EDUC 437 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading
EDUC 480 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading in Education
EDUC 180 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Research
EDUC 490 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Research in Education
EDUC 190 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Supervised Internship
EDUC 380 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Curricular Practical Training
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Prior Year Courses
2024-25 Courses
- (Re)Meditating Systems Change: Disability, Language & Difference
CSRE 340, EDUC 440, PEDS 240 (Aut) - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
EDUC 200B (Win) - Leading Change in Schools
EDUC 275 (Spr) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209A (Aut) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209B (Win) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209C (Spr)
2023-24 Courses
- (Re)Meditating Systems Change: Disability, Language & Difference
CSRE 340, EDUC 440, PEDS 240 (Aut) - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
EDUC 200B (Win) - Leading Change in Schools
EDUC 275 (Spr) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209A (Aut) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209B (Win) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209C (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- (Re)Meditating Systems Change: Disability, Language & Difference
CSRE 340, EDUC 440, PEDS 240 (Aut) - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
EDUC 200B (Win) - Leading Change in Schools
EDUC 275 (Spr) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209A (Aut) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209B (Win) - Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Seminar
EDUC 209C (Spr)
- (Re)Meditating Systems Change: Disability, Language & Difference
Stanford Advisees
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Master's Program Advisor
Sydrah Al-saegh, Ash Arumugam, Charlie Barron, Stephanie Cajina, Julio Chow-Gamboa, Chrisbet Cortes-Lopez, Gabriel Couto, Jalyn Davis, Dara Drake, Jesse Friedman, Eliana Katz, Eliza Lewis, Ana Rael, Ana Salazar, Asante Spencer, Taylor Stanton, Claire Sutton, Sophie Szew, Jack Tafolla, Hannah Weissler