Emma Dorn

Emma Dorn is a Senior Education Knowledge Expert at McKinsey & Company. She supports education donors, foundations, systems, and institutions in improving education outcomes and equity for all students, with a focus on post-pandemic learning recovery, student mental health, and harnessing technology for learning. Emma leads knowledge development and dissemination for McKinsey’s global education work and has authored several education articles and reports, including Spark & Sustain—an analysis of school systems that are beating the odds to improve student learning outcomes at scale; a global analysis of OECD PISA data to identify drivers of student outcomes; a series of charticles on trends in higher education; and an analysis of the learning and economic impact of the pandemic. She has three children, all of whom have attended U.S. public schools.