Joshua Bleiberg, Ph.D.

Joshua Bleiberg is an Assistant Professor of Education Policy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. He uses quantitative methods to examine education policies and governance structures that are purported to promote equity. A primary focus of his work is interrogating accountability policy, including state takeover of schools and Standards-Based Reforms. He also analyzes the connection between education policy and teacher labor markets. Additionally, he explores how intergovernmental relations promote inequitable educational systems.

He received the Emerging Scholar Award from the AERA Innovative School Transformation and Reform SIG. His work has been published in the American Education Research Journal, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Education Finance and Policy, AERA Open, Harvard Educational Review, and Educational Policy. His research has been covered in the media by the New York Times, National Public Radio, ABC News, Education Week, and Vox.

Joshua received his Ph.D. in Leadership, Policy, and Organization at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in School Reform at the Annenberg Institution at Brown University. He has a Master’s Degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Joshua also earned a Childhood education teacher certification in New York.