Peter Youngs
Peter Youngs is a professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at the University of Virginia. His research interests focus on teacher development and education policy effects on teaching and learning in the core academic subjects including teacher preparation, induction, and evaluation and their effects on teacher instruction, commitment, and retention. Recent publications have appeared in Elementary School Journal, Teachers College Record, and Teaching and Teacher Education. He received the AERA Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Early Career Award, he previously served as co-editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (2016-18), and he currently serves as co-editor of American Educational Research Journal (2020-22).