Dr. Bob Palaich is vice president of APA.  Previously he worked at the Education Commission of the States, where he served as vice-president in charge of policy studies and programs.  Among other projects,  Bob has worked with the New Jersey Department of Education to estimate the cost of high quality preschools, with Jobs for the Future to estimate the return on investment of early college high schools, with the National Center for Education and the Economy to cost out its recommendations about changing the flow of students through the education system, and with several states (including Connecticut, Delaware, and Pennsylvania) to estimate the costs school districts face in meeting state student performance expectations.  Bob earned a Bachelor's of Science degree from Notre Dame University, an MA from Teachers College at Columbia University and a PhD in political science from Columbia University.

Bob can be reached at 720-227-0072 or rmp@apaconsulting.net