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Recent research publications and
presentations
District Size Bias in Title I
Weighted Grants: Implications for Kentucky and the SE/SC Co-Op. (policy
paper, March 2008, with Marty Strange).
What the research says about the
effectiveness of rural education in America. (keynote address, Vermont
School Boards Association/Vermont Superintendents Association, Montpelier,
VT, November 2007.
Rural education research and the Vermont
policy context: What does consolidation really bring? (invited
workshop, Vermont School Boards Association/Vermont Superintendents
Association, Montpelier, VT, November 2007.
Why rural matters
2007: The realities of rural education growth. (policy monograph,
October 2007, with Marty Strange).
Quality teachers: Issues,
challenges, and solutions for North Carolina's most overlooked rural
communities. (policy brief, August 2007, with Page McCullough).
Effective
superintendent - principal relations: A literature review and proposed
research agenda. (presentation, with Bill Larson, August 2007,
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Chicago, IL)
New Mexico Rural Research Brief. (one
of five briefs developed for
fiscal adequacy study commissioned by NM legislature, February 2007).
School size, social justice, and
conflicting state objectives: An investigation of achievement distributions
among Kentucky public schools. (journal article, Education
Leadership Review, Winter 2007)
The Influence of the
Number of School-to-School Transitions on Academic Performance in Kentucky
School Districts. (presentation, with Jack Herlihy, February 2007,
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Las Vegas, NV).
Reclaiming place and
purpose in public schooling: Where and how does rural mathematics education
fit in? (keynote address, October 2006, Appalachian Association
of Math Teacher Educators - Morehead,
KY).
Thinking
about schooling: New theories and innovative practice. (textbook,
published October 2006, edited by Aimee and Craig Howley). I
contributed three chapters: (1) Critical theory and school leadership, (2)
Cultural bases of school leadership, and (3) Gender, sexuality, and school
leadership.
Rural Issues in
College Access and Success. (Invited presentation to OCAN [Ohio
College Access Network] Board of Directors ... with Craig Howley, Aimee
Howley, and Brenda Haas. My segment focused on cultural frameworks.
Compounding challenges: How
Oregon's school funding system works against closing achievement gaps among
rural school districts. (academic paper, March 2006).
An
Investigation of School Closures Resulting from Forced District
Reorganization in Arkansas. (Policy Report, Advocates for Community and
Rural Education, 2006).
Keeping
small rural schools open through sound fiscal practices. (invited talk,
Virginia Department of Education, Roanoke,
VA, 2006)
Why
Rural Oregon
Matters: An Overview of Recent Research with Implications for Educational
Policy. (invited talk, Oregon Small Schools Association - Pendleton, OR,
2006)
More
doesn't mean better: Larger high schools and more course offerings do not
boost student achievement in Iowa. (academic paper, March 2006)
Student achievement and the
distribution of human and financial resources in Mississippi school
districts. (academic paper, Southern Echo, Inc. - Jackson, MS)
Why rural
matters 2005: The facts about rural education in the 50 states.
(policy monograph, with Marty Strange, May 2005)
Best fiscal management practices
for rural schools. (policy brief, with Greg Malhoit, November
2004)
Academic
achievement and the distribution of resources in New Mexico's public schools.
(invited talk, ENLACE [Engaging Latino Communities for Education]
state policy working group - Santa
Fe, NM)
Achievement
distributions and fiscal inequality in New Mexico's public school districts.
(academic paper, October 2004)
Forced consolidation in three
states: A conflict perspective. (academic paper, presented to International Society for
Educational Planning, Washington, DC, October 2004)
Making bricks without straw:
An analysis of achievement patterns and fiscal inequity and inadequacy in
Nebraska public school systems.
(academic paper,
September 2004)
Missouri's smaller school districts
counter the harmful effects of poverty on student achievement. (academic
paper, 2004)
Money:
Understanding where it's going, and where it should go to provide a quality
education for all children. (invited talk, Southern Echo, Inc. and
the Mississippi Education Working Group - Jackson, MS)
Nebraska's small school systems: An
educational treasure, at least when properly funded. (academic paper,
with Marty Strange, 2003)
Small works in Nebraska: How
poverty and the size of school systems affect school performance in
Nebraska. (academic paper, 2003)
Size, excellence, and
equity: A report on Arkansas schools and districts. (academic
paper, with Craig and Aimee Howley)
Johnson, J. (2001).
Review of Jones, L. (2000). Brothers of the academy: Up and
coming black scholars earning our way in the academy. In Journal
of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction, 4(1), 47.
Essay
review of Raymond Williams's The country and the city. (journal
article, with Craig Howley, 2000)
Review of James
Fraser's Reading, writing, and justice: School reform as if
democracy mattered. (journal article, 2000)
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