Biography

Beth Olanoff is an attorney and education policy wonk. Before joining the Temple faculty in 2018, she served as the director of the Office of Policy in the Pennsylvania Department of Education in the administration of Governor Tom Wolf, and before that, in the administration of Governor Ed Rendell. Her work at the Department of Education included helping to develop and write the the state's implementation plan for the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

At Temple, she serves as professor for several courses in the School Leadership program and also as project director for the Pathways to Leadership program in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia.

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

EDAD 5302

Contexts for Sch Reform

Graduate

AOD 3396

Organizational Processes

Undergraduate

EDUC 0823

Kids in Crisis: When Schools Don't Work

Undergraduate

HIED 5803

Law and Policy in Higher Education

Graduate

URBE 5401

Policy and Practice in Urban Education

Graduate