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Ben Superfine, Assistant Professor [learn more] [contact] Ben Superfine is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Superfine received his J.D. and Ph.D. in Education Foundations and Policy from the University of Michigan. Before joining UIC, Superfine practiced law at Dow Lohnes PLLC. Superfine’s research interests have focused on the intersection of education law and policy, school finance reform law and policy, standards-based reform and accountability policies, and the role of science in the educational policy process. His research is interdisciplinary and addresses educational issues through the lenses of law, history, and social science. Superfine’s work has been published in various educational and legal journals, including the American Journal of Education, Cardozo Law Review, Educational Policy, and Teachers College Record. Superfine’s forthcoming book, The Courts and Standards-based Reform, will be published by Oxford University Press. Superfine has taught various courses at UIC, including Educational Policy: Formation, Implementation, Outcomes; Standards-based Reform, Accountability, and Opportunities to Learn; Foundations of Educational Policy, and Current Issues in Educational Policy. |



