Bradley Marianno

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Faculty Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment

Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Higher Education

Expertise: Teachers Unions, Educational Policy, Teacher Strikes, Collective Bargaining

Biography

Bradley Marianno is a nationally recognized authority on the consequences of local and state education policy change. He is often called upon to discuss state and federal teacher labor policy, teachers unions and collective bargaining, and the micro-politics of local school district decision making and policy implementation.

His research specialties include teacher strikes and the role of teachers’ unions in federal, state, and local politics.

He has been featured in numerous academic and professional journals and news outlets including Time Magazine, NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The 74, Che Seattle Times, Associated Press, Politico, and USA Today.

Education

Ph.D., Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California
M.S., Sociology, Brigham Young University
M.S., Economics, University of Southern California

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Bradley Marianno In The News

LA Teachers Strike: SEIU Rising

CounterPunch

On the eve of the 2023 Service Employees International Union Local 99 strike, Los Angeles Times Columnist Robin Abcarian wrote “I don’t blame the union one bit” and condemned Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho for “just one more slap in the face” after Carvalho “responded to the (strike) vote by comparing the union’s action to a circus.”

Politics Now: December 13, 2025

UNLV discusses the Judging the Judges survey, what to do with the information, and the judge who scored the worst.

RJ survey reveals best and most-improved judges

Fourteen judges received retention scores of 90 percent or higher in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation, meaning a significant majority of attorneys want them to stay on the bench. Other judges showed improvement from the most recent prior survey, conducted in 2019. UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment handled this year’s poll for the Review-Journal. The survey allowed attorneys to provide anonymous feedback on judges about whether they should stay on the bench, as well as for the categories of administrative ability, legal ability and integrity.

Clark County attorneys say 5 judges should get the boot

Clark County lawyers gave positive feedback on most judges in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation, but they thought five should be forced to hang up their robes.