Download high-resolution photoEdit Khachatryan serves as senior associate on the Networked Improvement Science team at the Carnegie Foundation. In this role, Edit supports system transformation work through the use of improvement science.  

Before joining the Foundation, Edit served as a teacher and leader developer, a teacher educator, and a teaching ambassador fellow at the U.S. Department of Education where she supported States transforming their teacher observation and evaluation systems. She started her career as a high school history, government, and economics teacher in Los Angeles. 

Edit is an improvement facilitator, researcher, and educator with a mission to create lasting educational improvements by facilitating, strengthening, and studying collaborative learning and problem solving among educators. Her scholarly work has focused on teacher feedback from classroom observations, teacher and leader professional development, and improvement coaching. Edit’s work has been published in a variety of academic and practitioner forums as she believes investment in access and integration of scholarly and educator expertise is essential to truly address educational disparities. Her most recent publications include an article on how to organize the social dimensions of school improvement in Kappan magazine, a book chapter on improvement coaching in Continuous Improvement: A Leadership Process for School Improvement, and another book chapter on teacher leadership development through networked improvement community participation in Catalytic Improvement Communities: Cultivating Flourishing Schools, all in collaboration with other improvement leaders. 

Edit holds a bachelor’s in sociology, two master’s degrees and teaching and administrative credentials from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a doctorate (Ph.D.) in curriculum and teacher education from Stanford University.