Bree Dusseault, Jared Hurwitz, & Michael Berardino

Bree Dusseault is principal and managing director at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), studying how districts and other public school systems drive innovation and durable change. She also researches how states and districts are creating conditions for effective and equitable AI-enabled learning, and AI’s potential to reshape the future of learning. Bree previously led the center’s national research on how COVID-19 impacted student learning experiences, community access to power, and longstanding systemic inequities. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, and the BBC, among other publications. Before CRPE Bree served as executive director of Green Dot Public Schools Washington and executive director of pK-12 Schools for Seattle Public Schools, and was a school principal and teacher. She is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, and serves on the boards of Teach For America Washington and City Year South King County. ——————Jared Hurwitz is a Junior Research Intern at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. His passion for education has driven a diverse range of experiences within the field. Through his work in the nonprofit sector, Jared collaborated with the University System of Maryland to design K-12 initiatives focused on dual enrollment and principal retention. He has also gained survey research experience at NORC Chicago, where he worked as a Survey Assistant on the National Survey of Early Care and Education. Additionally, Jared has a strong academic and professional background in data analysis and community engagement. He holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Michigan. —————— Michael Berardino is a Senior Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Michael’s prior research focuses on issues of equity in public education policy, with a concentration on racial equity and Multilingual Learners and creating more equitable and inclusive assessment and instructional practices. Before joining CRPE, Michael was a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Collaborative Education, studying the development of alternative assessment and accountability systems and innovative high school practices promoting post-secondary educational success. Michael has a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a BA in Government from Georgetown University.