Jennifer Jellison Holme

Jennifer Jellison Holme is a professor of educational policy and planning in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research examines the politics and implementation of educational policy, including school reform, equity, diversity, school desegregation, school choice, high-stakes testing, teacher turnover, and the relationship between housing and educational opportunity. She previously worked as a third-grade teacher in Los Angeles.

Holme earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA, an Ed.M. in administration, planning, and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in education policy from UCLA. She is a coauthor of Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing, including its updated edition, and has published in journals such as Educational Researcher, Teachers College Record, Educational Policy, Educational Administration Quarterly, and the American Educational Research Journal.