Leanna Stiefel, Professor of Economics at NYU Wagner studies education policy and school finance. Some of her current and recent research projects include: special education policy; costs of small high schools in New York City; the effects of student mobility on academic performance; the effects of housing instability on academic performance; and segregation, resource use, and achievement of immigrant school children. She is author of Statistical Analysis for Public and Non-Profit Managers (1990) and co-author of Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research (2005) as well as The Measurement of Equity in School Finance (1984), and her work appears in journals and edited books. She is past president of the American Education Finance Association, past member of the policy council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and a past governor on the New York State Education Finance Research Consortium. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her AB degree with high honors from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and holds an Advanced Professional Certificate in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Leanna Stiefel
Institution
New York University
Title
Professor of Economics
Email
leanna.stiefel@nyu.edu
EdWorkingPapers
The Role of School Context in Explaining Racial Disproportionality in Special Education
There has been an explosion of research on racial disproportionality in special education. Some recent research shifts the focus from the role of student characteristics alone to inquire whether school context moderates findings (e.g., is a Black student less likely than a White student to… more →
The Effects of Special Education on the Academic Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities
In the forty plus years since passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), special education has grown in the number of students and amount spent on services. Despite this growth, the academic performance of students with disabilities (SWDs) remains troubling low… more →