Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. His many books include When Research Matters (Harvard Education Press, 2008), No Remedy Left Behind (coedited with Chester E. Finn Jr.; AEI Press, 2007), No Child Left Behind: A Primer (Peter Lang, 2006), Educational Entrepreneurship (Harvard Education Press, 2006), and Common Sense School Reform (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). His publications have appeared in numerous outlets including Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, Education Week, Phi Delta Kappan, Education Next, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Hess currently serves on the review board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education and as a member of the research advisory board for the National Center on Educational Accountability. He is a former high school social studies teacher and former professor of education and government at the University of Virginia.