Parker Baxter, JD, MPA
Scholar in Residence
Director, Center for Education Policy Analysis
Email Address: parker.baxter@ucdenver.edu
Alternate Email Address: wpbaxter@gmail.com
Primary Phone: 720-645-7652
Cell Phone: 720-203-0051
Office Hours: By appointment
Bio
Parker Baxter, JD, MPA, is Scholar in Residence and Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA) at University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. Parker has two decades of experience in education systems leadership and policy and has worked in a wide variety of roles, including as a district and state administrator, charter school authorizer, policy analyst and researcher, legislative counsel, youth advocate, attorney and teacher. Baxter served as Assistant Superintendent for the Louisiana Department of Education, Director of Charter Schools for Denver Public Schools and as an aide to Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Parker is also a Senior Research Affiliate at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, where he previously served as Senior Legal Analyst working on the District-Charter Collaboration Compact Project and the Portfolio District Project. Parker has a Juris Doctor from New York University’s School of Law, a Master’s in Public Management and Policy from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, where he was a Dean’s Scholar, and a BA with honors in Classics-History-Politics from Colorado College.
Areas of Expertise
education systems leadership and policy
Education, Licensure & Certifications
Juris Doctor
New York University School of Law
Master's in Public Management and Policy
New York University Wagner School of Public Service
BA with honors in Classics-History-Politics
Colorado College