Rachel Goins (She/Her)

Rachel Goins is the Director of Implementation for Foundation Research. In this role, she supports strategic planning and execution of research projects. Rachel brings over 15 years of experience drawing on improvement and implementation science to design, manage, and deliver research-based technical assistance (TA) and capacity-building initiatives. This has included communities of practice, professional development training, program design, and strategic planning – all through a lens of racial equity. Prior to her role at the Kapor Center, she co-led two national centers focused on: 1) personalized learning and ed tech and 2) educator quality and diversity. Rachel also acted as an advisor and subject matter expert on other federal education initiatives focused on college and career readiness and place-based approaches to educational equity.

In her free time, Rachel enjoys documentaries, libraries, and neutralizing empty slogans and soundbites with real-talk, common sense, and evidence.