Gabriela Uro is the Manager for English Language Learner Policy and Research for the Council of the Great City Schools in Washington, D.C. As part of the legislative team, she works on legislative matters relevant to ELs, both with Capitol Hill and the Administration. She is the lead for strategic support teams reviewing EL programs in Council districts. She co-authored, Succeeding with English Language Learners --an influential study that revealed systemic factors contributing to improving ELs achievement in large urban districts. She is the Council's lead for EL issues related to the implementation of the common core in member districts. Prior to joining the Council in 1997, Ms. Uro served as the policy advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Director of the Office of Bilingual Education (now English Acquisition) in the U.S. Department of Education and was part of the Department’s team for the 1994 ESEA reauthorization. She joined the Clinton Administration in 1994. Prior to working at the federal level, Ms. Uro was an Education Budget Analyst for the California State Legislature Budget Committee and the Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles. Ms. Uro received her M.P.A. from Columbia University with a specialization in education policy and her B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.