Education Reform / Publications
Books and Book Chapters
Burch, P., (2009). Hidden Markets The New Education Privatization. New York, NY: Routledge.
Gomez, L. M. Hentschke, G. C. (2009). K-12 education and the role of for-profit providers. In J. Bransford, D. Stipek, N. Vye, L. Gomez, D. Lam (Eds.), The role of research in educational improvement (pp. 137-159). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Hentschke, G. C. (2009). Foreward. In T. Deal, T. Puriton, D. Waetjen, Making sense of social networks in schools (pp. viii-xi). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Datnow, A., & Park, V. (2006). Research into practice: A case study of how Success for All builds knowledge for school improvement. In Hoy, W., & Miskel, C. (Eds.). Contemporary issues in educational policy and school outcomes. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Hentschke, G. C. (2006). The role of government in education: Enduring principles, new circumstances, and the question of “shelf life”. In R. Enlow, L. Ealy (Eds.), Liberty & learning Milton Friedman’s voucher idea at fifty (pp. 11-23). Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute.
Datnow, A., Stringfield, S., & Castellano, M. (2005). School reform and the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students. In O’Donnell, C., & Yamauchi, Y. (eds.), Human behavior and change: Theory, research, and practical application. New York: Peter Lang.
Quartz, K.H., Barraza-Lyons, K., & Thomas, A. (2005). Retaining teachers in high-quality schools: A policy framework. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International handbook of educational policy (pp. 491-506). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
Journal Articles
Quartz, K. H., Thomas, A., Anderson, L., Masyn, K., Barraza-Lyons, K., & Olsen, B. (2008). Careers in motion: A longitudinal retention study of patterns among early career urban educators. Teachers College Record, 110(6).
De Pedro, K., Nayfack, M.B., Wohlstetter, P. (2009). English language learners make the news. Educational Leadership, 26(7). Retrieved from Educational Leadership.
Brewer, D.J. & Smith, J. (2008). A framework for understanding educational governance: The case of California. Education Finance and Policy, 3(1), 20-40.
Ferris, J. M., Hentschke, G.C., & Harmssen, H.J. (2008). Philanthropic strategies for school reform: An analysis of foundation choices. Educational Policy, 22(5), 705-730.
Wohlstetter, P., Datnow, A. & Park, V. (2008). Creating a system for data driven decision making: Applying the Principal-Agent framework. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 19(3), 239-259.
Thomas, A. (2007). Teacher attrition, social capital, and career advancement: An unwelcome message. Research and Practice in Social Sciences, 3(1), 19-47.
Datnow, A. (2005). Happy marriage or uneasy alliance? The relationship between comprehensive school reform and state accountability systems. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 10(1), 115-138.
Datnow, A. (2005). The sustainability of comprehensive school reform in changing district and state contexts. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(1), 121-153.
Datnow, A., Borman, G., Stringfield, S., Rachuba, L., & Castellano, M. (2003). Comprehensive school reform in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts: Implementation and outcomes from a four-year study. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25(2), 25-54.
Other Publications
Thomas, A. & Wohlstetter, P. (2009). District-wide school reform: Strategizing for early success. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Datnow, A., Park, V., & Kennedy, B. (2008). Acting on data: How urban high schools use data to improve instruction. (NewSchools Venture Fund report). Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Datnow, A., Park, V., & Wohlstetter, P. (2007). Achieving with data: How high-performing school systems use data to improve instruction for elementary students. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Loeb, S. & Strunk, K.O. (2007). “Accountability and Local Control: Response to Incentives With and Without Authority Over Resource Generation and Allocation,” Education Finance and Policy, 2(1), 10-39.
Loeb, S., Grissom, J., Strunk, K.O. (2007). “District Dollars: Painting a Picture of Revenues and Expenditures in California’s School Districts,” for the Getting Down To Facts Project. Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford, CA and Policy Analysis for California Education, Sacramento, CA.
Smith, J., Ahn, J. & Brewer, D. (2007). Reforming educational governance in California: Ideas from Texas and Florida. Getting Down to Facts: A Research Project Examining California's School Governance and Finance Systems. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Brewer, D. & Smith, J. (2006). Evaluating the "crazy quilt": Perspectives on educational governance in California. Getting Down to Facts: A Research Project Examining California's School Governance and Finance Systems. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Brewer, D. & Stern, S. (2005). The promise of “early college” as a high school redesign model Working paper. Los Angeles, CA: Center on Educational Governance.
Datnow, A., & Kemper, E. (2003). Connections between federal, state, and local levels in the implementation of comprehensive school reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
