The Peabody Center for Education Policy is engaged in research and policy development focused on accountability at local, state, national, and international levels. Our approach is multi-disciplinary in nature and draws from various social science traditions to more fully understand the design, implementation, effects, and implications of education policy across K–12 and higher education arenas.

The Peabody Center for Education Policy was founded in 1994 as a research and development agency, devoted to understanding and advancing education reform in multiple contexts. PCEP has organized national forums and research conferences involving policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners. Our research findings have been used to redesign state school funding systems, to improve urban school governance, and to implement institutional change in higher education systems.

Our Core Faculty and Staff

James W. Guthrie, Ph.D.
Director

Joyce C. Hilley
Assistant Director

Our Mailing Address

Peabody Center for Education Policy
Vanderbilt University
Peabody #321
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37203

Telephone: (615) 322-7372
Fax: (615) 343-7377