Jeanne Century

Jeanne Century is the Director of Outlier Research & Evaluation at the UChicago STEM Education at the University of Chicago. Outlier works to empower those who seek to advance and improve education with the knowledge, tools and support to realize change. Prior to coming to the University of Chicago in 2005, Century was a Senior Researcher at Education Development Center (EDC) in Waltham, MA. Century has spent the majority of her 29-year career working in, and with urban schools and large urban school districts across the country. She has developed comprehensive science instructional materials, and been part of professional development, technical assistance and strategic planning efforts for teachers, school and district administrators, and state leaders. Her research and evaluation efforts have focused on the impact of inquiry science instruction, improving utilization of research and evaluation, STEM schools, computer science education and most relevant to this group, sustainability of reform and implementation measurement of innovations. Century also served on the transition team for the Obama-Biden administration where she focused on STEM education and education research.