Tracey Burns is Strategic Advisor and Distinguished Research Fellow for the National Center for Education and the Economy in Washington, DC. She is seconded to this position from the OECD's Directorate for Education and Skills, where she was Chief of Research for the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. She is additionally a Commissioner in the UNESCO Broadband Commission, and was an expert for the UNESCO International Commission on the Future of Education. Tracey has authored numerous articles, reports, books, and book chapters. Previous to her time at the OECD she conducted research on language acquisition in children and newborn infants and was an award-winning lecturer on infant and child development. Tracey holds a B.A. from McGill University, Canada, and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Northeastern University, USA.