James Noonan

James Noonan, Ed.D., is a researcher affiliated with the Justice In Schools project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he pursues questions related to teachers' experiences of learning, teacher identity and agency, and school and district quality. In addition, James is the School Quality Framework Project Director with the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA). Previously, James held multiple school-based and program development roles at Peace Games (now Peace First). James has also worked in an adult literacy program for recent immigrants and a play-based program for homeless children and families. James has an Ed.D. in Culture, Communities, and Education and an Ed.M. in International Education Policy, both from Harvard University, as well as a B.A. in English and a B.S. in English Education, both from Boston University. He lives in Jamaica Plain, MA with his wife, a teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and their two daughters.