In this episode, Christy and Karen interview Dr. Samantha Keppler, Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations, who studies education operations, or the management of human and material resources, in public schools. 

In this episode Dr. Keppler helps principals:

- understand the current data (or lack thereof) regarding how teachers are supplementing resources in their classrooms

- the correlation of funded crowdsourcing projects and student achievement

- the correlation of funded crowdsourcing projects on teacher retention

- the complicated role of the principal in providing physical resources to staff

Samantha M. Keppler received her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on resource operations and management in public education. Before graduate school, she was a public school math teacher in New York City. Learn more about her work at www.samanthakeppler.com or email her at srmeyer@umich.edu.