User:Carla Lane

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Dr. Carla Lane has an extensive background in distance learning and evaluation of mediated educational programs. She is Executive Director of The Education Coalition, a non-profit that provides educational evaluation services to districts, universities and other entities requiring local, state and national evaluations. She has been extensively involved in the education field through her research in distance education. Her work has been published in many research reports and journals. Lane was previously with WestEd - a regional educational laboratory - as a senior researcher and project director of the Star Schools dissemination project - the Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN). She continues to facilitate online doctoral, graduate and undergraduate courses.

Dr. Lane has written and been funded for grants through Star Schools, PBS Mathline and TeacherLIne, Challenge, NTIA, TIIAP, California Department of Education, the California Community College Chancellor's Office, California State University, US Department of Commerce - NTIA, US Department of Justice, and NASA.

Dr. Lane earned a Doctorate in Education (Educational Leadership research design/statistics, adult education, educational-technology) from the University of Missouri-St. Louis; a Master of Arts in Mass Communications from Webster University; a Bachelor of Science in English from Washington University, St. Louis MO.