Harry Patrinos writes about how Mississippi used the Literacy-Based Promotion Act to improve its student literacy rates.
Harry Anthony Patrinos
I am Head of the Department of Education Reform and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Education Policy at the University of Arkansas. I specialize in the economics of education, particularly the returns to schooling, school-based management, demand-side financing and public-private partnerships. I was with the World Bank, where I was Senior Adviser, Education. I held management and technical positions at the World Bank. Previously, I worked in the Office of the Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia. I managed education teams in Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, and the Global Unit. I led lending operations and analytical work programs in Latin America. I co-led the development of the Harmonized Learning Outcomes database, part of the Human Capital Index, published in Nature. I studied and worked extensively on the socioeconomic status of Indigenous Peoples. I have many publications in the academic and policy literature, with more than 50 journal articles. I received a doctorate from the University of Sussex.