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As a Program Associate in the Education Policy Program, Emilie Deans acted as the primary contact with policymakers, advocacy groups, and the media to promote the program's Federal Education Budget Project until leaving in early 2011.

Before joining the New America Foundation, Ms. Deans served as the Project Coordinator at the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights, where she performed research on teacher comparability, teacher compensation, and the effects of teachers unions’ influence on student outcomes. Ms. Deans received her BA in Communication from the George Washington University.