Jeff H. Abbott, PH.D., J.D., life's passion is public school governance reform, specifically the deregulation and de-politicization of public education governance. Dr. Abbott is an assistant professor at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. He has the rank of adjunct scholar with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation. He has been a public school teacher, a public school superintendent, and school attorney and consultant for over 60 public school districts. He is licensed to practice law in Indiana. Dr. Abbott also is a trained mediator and has black belt training in the quality process. He teaches graduate level courses in the College of Education & Public Policy. He teaches school law, quality process, and teacher development & evaluation.
Public School Finance
Bennett plan aims to fast-forward education gains, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and numerous other newspapers in Indiana (2010)
This is an op ed article appearing in the Indiana Policy Review 25 newspaper publisher...
The Perfect Storm…Coming to a Community Near You, Fort Wayne News Sentinel and other newspapers (2009)
Now in the year 2009 a new type of perfect storm is rapidly developing in...
Can Our Community “Afford” this Bond Issue for Our School? Proposed Factors for Determining Affordability of School Building Projects (2007)
This paper explores the literature of whether a community can afford a public school bond...
Public School Governance
WHITE PAPER: Projected Savings from School Reform (2011)
This paper explores possible school district savings from deregulation, de-politicization, and consolidation of school districts...
Bennett plan aims to fast-forward education gains, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and numerous other newspapers in Indiana (2010)
This is an op ed article appearing in the Indiana Policy Review 25 newspaper publisher...
Let’s “Transform” the Colts the Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 1, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and other newspapers (2010)
This article, done tongue-in-cheek, uses sarcasm to parallel the need to reform public education with...
School Consolidation
WHITE PAPER: Projected Savings from School Reform (2011)
This paper explores possible school district savings from deregulation, de-politicization, and consolidation of school districts...
School Accountability
ABBOTT: ISTEP+ scores — It depends on how you look at them, NewsTribune.com and others (2008)
This paper uses control charts and trend lines to suggest that Indiana teachers may be...
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Let’s “Transform” the Colts the Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 2, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and other newspapers (2010)
This article uses tongue in cheek to compare the possible closing, turnaround, restart, or transformation...
An Analysis of Estimated Financial Savings from School District Consolidation, De-regulation, and De-politicization of Public Schools in One Congressional District, Professional Studies Faculty Presentations (2009)
Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm Our Children, Educational Review (2009)
Shifting Money into the Classroom, Indiana Policy Review press release (2009)
The author argues that by adopting the freedom school model of public school governance, which...