Allison Socol is The Education Trust’s vice president of P–12 Policy, Practice, and Research. She spearheads Ed Trust’s work in identifying research-based solutions to education inequities and collaborating with advocates to expand excellence for students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. She is a former elementary school teacher, instructional coach, and education researcher. Socol holds a doctorate in education policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.