Camille A. Farrington is a Senior Advisor at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, where she previously served as Managing Director, Senior Research Associate, and Founding Director of the Consortium’s Learning & Development Group. She is a national expert on youth development and the measurement of motivating and developmentally supportive learning settings. Her work focuses on understanding how young people make sense of daily learning experiences and how learning contexts and educator practices shape learners’ beliefs, behaviors, identities, performance, and development. Farrington’s publications include Supporting All Youth to Thrive: A Developmental Framework (2026); Foundations for Young Adult Success (2015); Failing at School: Lessons for Redesigning Urban High Schools (2014); and Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners (2012). Throughout her work, Farrington draws on her 15-year experience as a National Board Certified public high school teacher and teacher mentor.

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