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Dr. Susan Gates

Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.

Educator workforce and school leadership.

Senior Economist

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Context record

Dr. Susan Gates is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).

Senior Economist at RAND focused on educator workforce, school leadership, and the labor-market dynamics inside K-12 systems.

Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, Education, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.

Biography

Senior Economist at RAND focused on educator workforce, school leadership, and the labor-market dynamics inside K-12 systems.

Research Domains

Key Work

  • , RAND studies on principal pipelines and school leadership development
  • , Research on teacher labor markets and compensation
  • , Evaluations of school-leader preparation programs

Suggested Collaboration Questions

  • What does a sustainable school-leadership pipeline look like in districts that haven't had one in a generation?
  • Which compensation reforms actually change who enters and stays in teaching?
  • Where is the educator labor market most quietly broken?

Source Attribution

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