Ariel Jacobs serves as a Management and Program Analyst on Title I and Low Performing Schools for the Office of State Grant and Program Support (OSGPS), with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), in the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC. Previously, Ms. Jacobs served as a program officer for State Entity Grants in the Office of Charter School Programs and Race to the Top State and District Grants in the former Office of State Support and the Office of the Deputy Secretary’s (ODS) Implementation and Support Unit (ISU). She began her career as a Teach For America New York City Corps member teaching 7th and 8th grade communication arts and social studies. Ms. Jacobs then joined the founding staff of Pace High School as the U.S. History teacher. She has also held program management positions at AnLar Incorporated, the Aspen Institute's Education & Society Program, and the District of Columbia Education Compact. She is also a co-founder of Young Education Professionals-DC and Young Education Professionals. Ms. Jacobs earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Macalester College, a Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University, and a Master of Arts in Social Work, Policy, and Administration from the University of Chicago.