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Proposed MA DESE Standards for School Leaders and Alignment and the Research Base for the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (with A. Churchill) (2009)
Communities of practice as an analytical construct: Implications for theory practice (with C. Koliba), International Journal of Public Administration (2009)
The “community of practice” (CoP) has emerged as a potentially powerful unit of analysis linking...
Standards that work: Teachable, actionable, measurable standards for 21st century school leaders (with M. Militello), MASCD Perspectives (2009)
The impact of accountability policies and alternative certification on principals' perceptions of pre-service preparation (with M. Militello and A. Bowers), Journal of Research on Leadership (2009)
Proposed Massachusetts Professional Standards for Principals for the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (with A. Churchill, M. Militello, and S. Rallis) (2008)
Evaluating and improving the quality of teacher collaboration: A Field-Tested framework for social leaders. (with C. Koliba), NASSP Bulletin (2008)
Teacher collaboration is an essential element of substantive school change for which principals have responsibility...
Recruiting and retaining school principals: What we can learn from practicing administrators (with M. Militello), AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice (2008)
Research indicates that the leadership of a school principal is a determining factor in school...
What states' teachers expect to know about the law: Results of National Survey, Action in Teacher Education (2008)
Administrator Standards for Preparation, Performance Assessment, and Licensure, Phase 2 - Final Report (with M. Miletello and S. Rallis) (2007)
Principal Preparation Gap Analysis: Initial Data Summary (with A. Churchill, M. Militello, and S. Rallis) (2007)
Demystifying an Imperative: Understanding and Applying Collaboration Theory in the PDS. (with K. Patrizio), Journal of School-University Partnerships (2007)
Evaluating the imperative of inter-personal collaboration: A school improvement perspective (with C. Koliba), American Journal of Evaluation (2007)
“Collaboration” is a ubiquitously championed concept and widely recognized across the public and private sectors...
From procedures to probity. In L. Goodyear (ed.), Beyond the Guiding Principals for Evaluators: Professional Ethics, Cultural Norms and and Trustworthiness in Education (with S.F. Rallis and G.B Rossman), Evaluation of Program Planning (2007)
Career academies and the arts. Implications for schooling. (with D. Dorfman), Art Education (2006)
The Vermont Department of Education defines a Career Academy as a small learning community that...
The Effects of TASS on secondary science teachers' assessment practices. (with D. Sprague and K. Killeen) (2006)
Assimilating ``real'' teachers into pre-service teacher education: The benefits and limitations of a PDS course delivery model (with L. Cravedi), Action in Teacher Education (2006)
This article presents the results of a research study that examined the benefits and limitations...
Safe schools through strategice alliances: How assessment of collaboration enhances school violence prevention and response, Journal of School Violence (2006)
In order to effectively address the complex issue of school safety, school and community partnerships...
Getting the grant: How educators can write winning proposals and manage successful projects (with R. Tulingakas) (2005)
Climate Survey Final Evaluation Report and the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. Descriptive and inferential analysis, qualitative analysis, 300 pages (with L. Massell) (2004)
Responding to the needs of the adopted child, Kappa Delta Phi. The Record (2004)
In today's societal landscape, "adoption," the legal process by which a child becomes a full...
Thinking about how to evaluate your educational initiative? These strategies will get you started. (with J. Jewiss), Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation (2004)
Utilizing collaboration theory to evaluate strategic alliances, American Journal of Evaluation (2004)
Increasingly, collaboration between business, non-profit, health and educational agencies is being championed as a powerful...
PASS Project Implementation Findings. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. Use of Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) to assess levels and type of Project implementation (with L. Massell) (2003)
Essay review. The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Behind the Culture of Fear by Henry Giroux., Teachers College Record (2003)
Investigation-stimulated discussion sessions make geoscience more relevant in a large lecture class (with E. Butler and P. Bierman), EOS (2003)
Essay Review. Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960's by Ron Miller., Teachers College Record (2002)
This first historical account of the free school movement of the 1960s documents the formation...