Margarita earned Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toronto in 2013. In August 2013, she joined Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College where she teaches graduate courses in economics of education, quantitative data analysis and research and evaluation in education. Margarita's research interests span issues in education policy design, accountability, and evaluation of education initiatives aimed at raising student achievement in schools. Margarita's past projects include analysis of knowledge spillovers in schools, effect of peer composition on individual achievement, and gender peer effects in a classroom. For current research projects and teaching, please visit her website at https://sites.google.com/site/ritapivovarova/