该领域的教师从事研究计划，重点是对实质性问题和方法论问题的探索。实质上，教师研究了教育组织及其领导者的政策和实践如何影响更广泛的教育环境，以及反过来这些政策和实践如何影响教育环境内外的人们的生活。在方法上，教师研究了各种定量和定性方法在教育数据分析，新分析方法的开发和评估以及有效政策和实践评估中的应用。在该领域工作的学生将获得有关政策和实践的多学科观点，直接关注多样性和公平问题，并将接受有关设计和分析定量和定性数据的全面而严格的培训。
Faculty in PPRM pursue programs of research that focus on the exploration of both substantive and methodological questions. Substantively, faculty examine the ways in which the broader contexts of education can be affected by the policies and practices of educational organizations and their leaders, and in turn, how those policies and practices can affect the lives of people both inside and outside educational settings. Methodologically, faculty research the application of diverse quantitative and qualitative approaches to the analysis of educational data, the development and assessment of new analytic approaches, and the evaluation of effective policies and practices. Students who work within this area will gain a multidisciplinary perspective on policy and practice that focus directly on issues of diversity and equity, and will receive comprehensive and rigorous training in the design and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.