Sarah Caroleo, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. Her research explores policies and practices that can help many different types of learners grow and thrive in grade-level classrooms. In particular, she is interested in understanding how to increase teachers’ capacity for meaningful inclusion and how to improve special and gifted education services. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore and answer policy-relevant questions from diverse angles. She frequently engages with state- and district-level partners to ensure her work reaches policy and practice.  

Prior to doctoral studies, Sarah served as an elementary educator and instructional coach in Nashville, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California for eight years. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Education in Educational Psychology from University of Georgia, and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Greenville University.