Angela Valenzuela is the Associate Vice President for School Partnerships, Cissy McDaniel Parker Fellow, and a Professor in the Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is also the Director of the Texas Center for Education Policy.  

Dr. Valenzuela's current work focuses on high-stakes testing polices, English language learners, immigration and education, and schooling for Latina/o urban youth.  She is the author of Subtractive Schooling: U.S.-Mexican Youth and Politics of Caring, winner of both the 2000 American Educational Research Association Outstanding Book Award and the 2001 Critics' Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association. Her most recent book is Leaving Children Behind: How "Texas-Style" Accountability Fails Latino Youth (2004).

Dr. Valenzuela also maintains a blog called Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas.