New leader selected for Consortium on Chicago School Research

Paul Goren, senior vice president of the Spencer Foundation, has been named executive director for The University of Chicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research. He will formally take charge in May, nearly one year after former director John Easton accepted a presidential appointment to run the Dept. of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

In a university press release, Goren said he will maintain a focus on Chicago Public Schools while nurturing the Consortium’s “growing national influence.” The Consortium approach, which has spurred similar efforts in New York and elsewhere, forges data-sharing agreements with districts that lead to rich, independent research on school policy and practice...