H. Alix Gallagher

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H. Alix Gallagher
Managing Director and Director of Strategic Partnerships,
Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University

H. Alix Gallagher is the managing director and director of strategic partnerships at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). In research partnerships with California Education Partners and CORE Districts, the partners co-develop a research plan that provides ongoing feedback to support those organizations’ work and broader learning for California about how to support district and school improvement. Gallagher also leads PACE’s partnership with TeachAI, engaging with how artificial intelligence (AI) affects education and what state and district-policy makers could do in emerging arena. In response to COVID-19, Gallagher leveraged her knowledge of instruction and teacher learning to support partners rethinking instructional models to include distance and blended learning. Before joining PACE, Gallagher was an associate director at the Center for Education Policy at SRI International, where she led large-scale randomized controlled trials and policy studies. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

updated 2024

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
College access & postsecondary success
Continuous school improvement & support
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Educator workforce & effectiveness
Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health
Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes
Contributing initiatives
Continuous Improvement and Support Systems in California
CORE-PACE Research Partnership
COVID-19 Recovery
Commentary by H. Alix Gallagher
: Modest Gains and Persistent Gaps in Student Performance in 2023–24
: Strategies for Successful Scaling in Districts: Breaking the Cycle of the "Next New Thing"
: Unlocking the Potential of Transitional Kindergarten Requires Better Data on Early Education
: From Reactive to Proactive: Putting Districts in the AI Driver’s Seat
: The Urgent Need to Update District Policies on Student Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education
H. Alix Gallagher in the Media
: California Students’ Test Scores Show Slow Recovery From Pandemic-Era Learning Losses
: How California Can Fix Its School Crisis. Two PACE Projects Point the Way
: Marin Schools Mostly Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
: New School Data Raises Concerns Among California Education Experts About Pandemic Recovery
: Attendance is a Bright Spot in the Latest California School Dashboard
Publications by H. Alix Gallagher
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Educational Leadership and COVID-19
Lessons from Kern County
This brief examines the challenges that district superintendents faced in responding to COVID-19, often requiring expertise beyond traditional expectations. It discusses crisis management structures implemented by Kern County Superintendent of…
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Doing Deep Work Together
Lessons for Improving Network Collaboration
Collaborative networks using continuous improvement principles can accelerate and spread learning. This brief highlights the importance of understanding the benefits of collaboration, building a culture of trust and vulnerability, and engaging in…
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Improving the Quality of Distance and Blended Learning
How can schools provide high-quality distance and blended learning during the pandemic? This brief includes a mix of rigorous evidence from extant studies, data from interviews with practitioners who described their learnings from informal…
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Supporting Learning in the COVID-19 Context
Research to Guide Distance and Blended Instruction
This suite of publications provides 10 recommendations based on the PACE report to help educators and district leaders provide high-quality instruction through distance and blended learning models in the 2020-21 school year. Despite the challenges…