Mark Schneider

A former commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, Mark Schneider writes about a broad range of education issues: charter schools, consumer choice in education, and higher education policy. He is the author and coauthor of numerous scholarly books and articles, including the award-winning “Choosing Schools: Consumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools” (Princeton University Press, 2000). From 2000 to 2001, he served as vice president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and simultaneously as president of APSA’s public policy section. He is currently vice president at the American Institutes for Research and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.