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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Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change
Grist
In Illinois, the Chicago Teachers Union won a contract with the city’s schools to add solar panels on some buildings and clean energy career pathways for students, among other actions. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators demanded that the district create a task force on environmental issues and provide free metro passes for students. And in California, the Los Angeles teachers union’s demands include electrifying the district’s bus fleet and providing electric vehicle charging stations at all schools.
Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change
Hechinger Report
In Illinois, the Chicago Teachers Union won a contract with the city’s schools to add solar panels on some buildings and clean energy career pathways for students, among other actions. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators demanded that the district create a task force on environmental issues and provide free metro passes for students. And in California, the Los Angeles teachers union’s demands include electrifying the district’s bus fleet and providing electric vehicle charging stations at all schools.
Review-Journal judicial performance survey, an effort to inform voters, closes Friday
Las Vegas Review Journal
UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment is conducting the poll. Bradley Marianno, the center’s director, said last week that attorneys have been enthusiastic about participating. Hundreds have already responded.
Attorneys have only few days before Review-Journal judicial performance survey closes
Las Vegas Review Journal
Time is running out for lawyers to provide feedback on judges for the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation. This is the 14th time since 1992 that the news organization has spearheaded the survey, which aims to inform voters and identify the best and worst judges.
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Articles Featuring Bradley Marianno

UNLV Experts Available: Back-to-School
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Campus News | August 8, 2025

School districts are ready for another school year, and UNLV's experts are prepared to make this the easiest return to the classroom yet.

UNLV Newsmakers 2022: January
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Campus News | February 10, 2022

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.

UNLV Newsmakers 2021: COVID Response Continues
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Campus News | December 29, 2021

A collection of news stories from 2021 highlighting UNLV’s continuing response to COVID-19 and faculty experts who have helped make sense of the pandemic and its impact to daily life. 

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