Tammy Kolbe

Assistant Professor

Tammy Kolbe, an assistant professor of education policy, joins the faculty of Florida State University in Fall 2008. She received her Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont and holds a M.S. in Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Kolbe's interests and areas of expertise focus on conceptual and empirical analyses of education policy reform and resource allocation at the state, district and school levels. Front and center in all of her work is an interest in the extent to which policies, practices and resources succeed or fail in achieving the goals of promoting an equitable, efficient, and adequate educational system for all students. The study of teacher staffing policies, particularly related to recruiting and retaining qualified teachers and the equitable distribution of teacher qualifications across and within districts and schools, remain current and future areas of productive research. In addition, her scholarly and applied research has included the areas of educational finance, adequacy and cost-effectiveness in providing programs and services for students with disabilities. Her work has been supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), U.S. Department of Education, The Education Law Center, the State of Michigan Department of Education, and the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Prior to joining th faculty at FSU, Dr. Kolbe was an AERA-IES Post-Doctoral fellow in the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.


				Tammy Kolbe Assistant Professor Tammy Kolbe, an assistant professor of education policy, joins the faculty of Florida State University in Fall 2008. She received her Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont and holds a M.S. in Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Kolbe's interests and areas of expertise focus on conceptual and empirical analyses of education policy reform and resource allocation at the state, district and school levels. Front and center in all of her work is an interest in the extent to which policies, practices and resources succeed or fail in achieving the goals of promoting an equitable, efficient, and adequate educational system for all students. The study of teacher staffing policies, particularly related to recruiting and retaining qualified teachers and the equitable distribution of teacher qualifications across and within districts and schools, remain current and future areas of productive research. In addition, her scholarly and applied research has included the areas of educational finance, adequacy and cost-effectiveness in providing programs and services for students with disabilities. Her work has been supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), U.S. Department of Education, The Education Law Center, the State of Michigan Department of Education, and the District of Columbia Public Schools. Prior to joining th faculty at FSU, Dr. Kolbe was an AERA-IES Post-Doctoral fellow in the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.