Dani Berman, June 2015 Student of the Month

Daniela is graduating this June with a Master of Public Policy and Master of Arts in Education, with a concentration in Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies (POLS). She initially began her time at Stanford in the Graduate School of Education, but quickly enrolled in the Public Policy Program in order to deepen her understanding of the education system in the United States. Daniela conducted her POLS Project on the challenges of assessing high-quality early childhood education in California, with an eye to improving classroom and teacher evaluations. In the Public Policy Program, Daniela joined her colleagues in offering important research and analysis to the National Institutes of Medicine on hospital emergency preparedness. During her time at Stanford, Daniela has worked for the California Department of Education on their Special Education Task Force. In this role, she provided policy recommendations to Governor Jerry Brown about special education initiatives throughout the state. After graduation, Daniela plans to remain in the Bay Area and pursue a career in education policy consulting and advocacy.