Joseph P. Bishop

Dr. Bishop is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS) in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. CTS conducts research that supports school systems and policymakers in their efforts to organize schools around the needs, interests, and talents of young people in a number of areas including school discipline and school climate, juvenile justice reform, student homelessness, students in the foster care system, school finance, and ensuring practices and policies take into account the needs of students of color inside and outside of school settings. Dr. Bishop has held a number of state and national educational leadership positions with the Learning Policy Institute, the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign with the Schott Foundation for Public Education, Opportunity Action, the Coalition for Teaching Quality, the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. He was formerly a governor-appointed member of the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC). Dr. Bishop has been featured on a number of digital and print media sources, including National Public Radio, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and Education Week. His scholarship explores policy implementation, the relationship between education policy and educational equity, racial justice, and social justice efforts on topics including community schools, early childhood education, teacher shortages, teacher professional learning, school finance, school climate, and school discipline reform.