Candice Bocala

Research Director
Candice Bocala

Candice Bocala is the research director of the Data Wise Project and a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Since 2009, she has been working with educators to use the Data Wise Improvement Process. A former elementary school and special education teacher, her research and practice focus on the connections between educator learning and organizational conditions that support collaborative work. 

Bocala is co-author of Data Wise: Educators Collaborating so Each Learner Thrives and The Internal Coherence Framework: Supporting the Conditions for Continuous Improvement in Schools. She received her Ed.D. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and she holds an M.A.T. in Elementary Education from the American University, an M.A. in Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Government from Cornell University.

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