English learners (EL) students are one of the fastest growing student populations in the United States. The academic performance of ELs has gone from being a concern for a handful of states to quickly becoming a national issue. As such, both state and federal governments have taken a more active policymaking role in efforts to… Read More »
Educational Administration
“Outsiders with Deep Pockets”: The Nationalization of Local School Board Elections – Research by Sarah Reckhow and Rebecca Jacobsen
Local school boards are traditionally at the center of this country’s public education system. Elections to these boards have typically featured low voter turnout and the issues have often been parochial in nature. However, recognizing that local districts are critical in implementing new state and national education reform policies, “outsiders with deep pockets” have been… Read More »
Does the Supply Side Meet the Demand for New Charter Schools? – Research by Rebecca Jacobsen
There is a growing body of research about the rise of the charter school movement within the American education system. However, little research has been done on why new charter schools open where they do and whether there are patterns to where those schools open. A new study by Michigan State University Associate Professor Rebecca… Read More »
Centering embodied learning in anti-oppressive pedagogy
Academia has traditionally valued cognition and intellectual processes, eschewing the significance of other bodily domains involved in teaching, learning, and theorizing. Grounding the analysis in our experiences as diversely positioned academics, we argue that embodied teaching and theorizing provide a unique means of delivering material consistent with the aims of social justice education, while simultaneously… Read More »