| Who We Are The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) is a national organization that conducts and communicates independent, high-quality research to shape education policies and improve learning for each and every child. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, LPI connects policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels with the evidence, ideas, and actions needed to strengthen the pre-k to grade 12 education system and address the complex realities facing public schools and their communities. Working with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups, and others who care about improving public schools, the Institute advances evidence-based policies that support empowering and equitable learning for all children with a focus on students the furthest from opportunity. For more information, visit www.learningpolicyinstitute.org The Position LPI seeks a full-time Senior Researcher to join its team of research, policy, and communication staff. The Senior Researcher will support LPI’s growing portfolio of quantitative and mixed methods projects that use national datasets, state-level student and teacher administrative datasets and survey datasets collected by LPI or partner organizations. The team primarily uses Stata as their analytic software. The position will involve leading data analyses of these and other datasets and collaborating with other researcher staff. Major Responsibilities · Lead and serve on a variety of LPI research projects in one or more of LPI’s areas of focus: early childhood, educator quality, equitable resources and access, and deeper learning · Serve as a reviewer of other LPI research projects using quantitative methods, particularly those that rely on national, state, or survey datasets · With the LPI Research Director, refine LPI’s systems for data security, review of data analysis, and management of documents related to data sharing · Serve as an advisor for researchers with interest in honing their quantitative data analysis within mixed methods projects · Assist researchers and policy advisors in translating quantitative and mixed methods research into actionable policy · Present and facilitate conversations that help policy makers and other education leaders understand quantitative and mixed methods research | 
