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Heather L. Schwartz

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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School Choice and PerformanceDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducation Systems and PolicyEducational Assessment and Improvement

Publications

171

Citations

1,732

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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Heather L. Schwartz studies U.S. education policy and practice, with a strong focus on how school districts operate and make decisions. Her work covers topics such as summer learning programs, teacher and principal staffing, school safety, and the use of new technologies like artificial intelligence in classrooms, often drawing on large surveys of school districts and youth. Much of her research is applied and policy-oriented, producing reports intended to inform district leaders and policymakers.

Education policy and school district decision-makingSurvey research on schools and youthTeacher and principal staffing and developmentEducational programs (summer learning, out-of-school-time)Technology and AI in K-12 education

Publication activity grew notably to a peak around 2020-2022 and has declined in the most recent years, though recent counts (2025-2026) may be incomplete.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 13 publications202021: 20 publications20212022: 19 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
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  • RAND Corporation eBooks×62
  • The RAND Corporation×8
  • Innovation in Aging×3
  • Housing Policy Debate×2
  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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