Dr. Danqing YIN

Researcher and Author in Education Policy | UNESCO GEM Report Fellow 21-22 | KU & Penn & GWU | Marathon Runner | My name “Danqing” 丹青 mean “artist” and “colors” in Chinese [Phonetic Spelling: D an-Ch ing, Y ih n]

The Sunflower Education InstitutE (SEE) aims to support parents that need home learning resource navigation. The information and advice from the organization mainly come from credible sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, national and international reports, conference proceedings, thesis, dissertation, and other academic work.

 “An Education Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How Radical Changes Can Spark Student Excitement and Success” for Teachers College Press (co-authored with Trina Emler, Tony Snethen, and Yong Zhao)

“Education Quality Assessment: What We Learned from Official Reports Released in 2018 and 2019” authored for peer reviewed journal ECNU Review of Education

 “The Importance and Relevance of Home Education: Global Trends and Insights from the United States” authored for UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report

SEE founder and editor, Danqing YIN, has extensive experiences in educational research, with exposure to education reform, comparative education, home education, and mixed methods. She owns more than 10 years of research and teaching experience in education, and 12 years of project management experience. Danqing is the recipient of University Women’s Club Scholarship, Recognition Scholarship & Rising Scholarship, Tradition of Excellence Award, President Gutmann Leadership Award, and a few other awards. She is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Yin’s Research Work (Selected)

“Navigating uncertainty: parental agency in Kansan Chinese families’ education at home during the pandemic” Frontiers in Education (Leadership in Education Section) Jan 2025

“Unraveling Key Factors of Parental Agency for Children’s Education and Wellbeing – A Meta Review” University Council for Educational Administration 2024 Annual Convention

“Unveiling the Vanguard: Analyzing School Characteristics and Aspirations in a Statewide Education Reform in the United States” AERA (American Educational Research Association) 2024 Annual Meeting AERA Division A Newsletter; InternationalEdNews [with Rong Zhang and Jie Chen]

“The Importance and Relevance of Home Education: Global Trends and Insights from the United States” UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report World Education Blog

 “An Education Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How Radical Changes Can Spark Student Excitement and Success” Teachers College Press link to book [with Trina Emler, Tony Snethen, and Yong Zhao]

 “Better Schools, Better Outcomes? the Impact of Kansans Can School Redesigning” APPAM Fall 2022 about APPAM conference [with Xiaozhou Ding and Rong Zhang]

“Education Quality Assessment: What We Learned from Official Reports Released in 2018 and 2019” ECNU Review of Education open access paper

“Assessing the Computer Science Access in Chicago Public Schools district” The Learning Partnerships research spotlight

“Side Effects of Large-Scale Assessments in Education” ECNU Review of Education open access paper [with Trina Emler, Yong Zhao, Jiayi Deng, and Yurou Wang]

“Shifting the Education Paradigm: Why it’s No Longer Sufficient to Borrow from Each Other” Global Education article link [with Yong Zhao]

“Celebration of the Success of the CPS Computer Science Graduation Requirement” Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science event summary [with Lucia Dettori, Brenda Wilkerson, Gail Chapman, Steven McGee, Regina Winters, Faythe Brannon, Troy Williams, Aaron Park, Teresa Lansford, Journi Easter, Jada Dunkentell, Dung Pham, Sankyoo Kang, and Kristan Beck]

Danqing Yin had the honor of curating and hosting a TEDx educational event.

Danqing Yin was grateful to receive a Tradition of Excellence award.

Danqing Yin had the privilege of presenting at a paper session for the AERA conference, a prestigious research gathering.

Reviews of Danqing and her Work

“We enjoyed having Danqing as a member of the fellowship team. She is a great team player. She is hard working, persistent in the face of challenges, and she shows great promise as a scholar.”

Steven M.

The president of an American research institute in Chicago/Danqing’s fellowship program supervisor

“After 10-year of ongoing and continuous volunteer work and network efforts, the alumni association she co-founded and is leading has grown into a great team of more than 100 volunteers, serving more than 10,000 alumni worldwide. She regularly organized learning events for alumni where the efforts connected us. I have previously attended Danqing’s events both in San Francisco before the pandemic and online during the pandemic. I was amazed by how she brought about all the people together and how positive she has always been in serving her community!”

Yang S.

The vice major and a city council member/Danqing’s high school alumni and event participant

“Danqing is terrific! I have supervised at least one hundred people over the past 30 years with Bachelors, Masters and Ph.Ds from top tier colleges on large complex Prek-higher education projects, and give Danqing my highest recommendation.”

Nona U.

The president of an American k-12 education institute/Danqing’s collaborator on an education evaluation project

“Our paper has been accepted for presentation a prestigious conference that focuses on public policy and Danqing will be presenting…I give Danqing my highest recommendation. She is one of the best coauthors I have worked with and is a talented researcher.”

XiaoZ D.

The assistant professor in economics/Danqing’s co-author

“Danqing has made a number of publications as independent author and co- authors. This record is very strong for many doctoral students. In many ways, I can say that Danqing is easily among the top 5 percentages of doctoral students I have taught…”

Yong Z.

The distinguished professor in education/Danqing’s faculty advisor and co-author

Created on Apr 22, 2024. Updated on Jan 27, 2026.

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