Robert Stonehill
U.S. Department of Education

Email: rstonehi@inet.ed.gov

EDUCATION

• B.A., Queens College, City University of New York (1971). Major in Mathematics; minor in Education.
• M.A., University of Colorado (1973), Mathematics Education.
• Ph.D., University of Colorado (1976), Educational Research.

POSITION

• Director, State and Local Services Division, U.S. Department of Education/OERI/ORAD. Oversees field-based programs that support effective school reform through research and development, dissemination of exemplary programs and promising practices, and innovative uses of technology and telecommunications.

EXPERIENCE

• Joined the U.S. Department of Education (then the Office of Education) in 1976. As a staff member and eventually acting Division Director in the Office of Planning, Budget and Evaluation (OPBE), was responsible for national evaluations of elementary and secondary education programs including compensatory education (Title I/Chapter 1), block grants, bilingual education, handicapped, gifted and vocational education.
• Authored major report to Congress on the effectiveness of remedial reading and mathematics services, established a national network of technical assistance centers, and examined the fiscal effects of block grants on big-city school districts.
• From 1987 through 1994, served as Director of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a network of clearinghouses and support services that produces the world's largest education database (available in 3,000 locations worldwide), annually publishes over 200 documents and responds to over 250,000 public inquiries, and is a pioneer in using the Internet to provide education services to teachers, students and parents.
• Has spoken and written frequently about federal support for school reform efforts and Department of Education programs such as the Regional Educational Laboratories, the ERIC system and the National Diffusion Network. Has also published widely in the areas of standardized testing, the impact of federal education programs and policies, research and evaluation, technology applications in education, and information science.