1st Edition
Thinking Ecologically in Educational Policy and Research
Introduction: Thinking Ecologically in Educational Policy and Research
Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer and Michael Gottfried
1. Well-Being and Equity: A Multi-Disciplinary Framework for Rethinking Education Policy
Emily Germain
2. Does Parental Involvement Change After Schools Assign Students an IEP?
J. Jacob Kirksey, Michael A. Gottfried and Jennifer A. Freeman
3. Homelessness and School Choice: Examining the School Choice Experiences of Families Living in Shelter
Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj and Jennifer L. Jennings
4. Examining the English Learner Policy Ecology: How Educators Navigated the Provision of Designated English Language Development (ELD) Support at the Secondary Level
Megan Hopkins, Hayley Weddle, Magaly Lavadenz, Marco A. Murillo and Tara Vahdani
5. Open Enrollment and Disrupting the Political Ecology of U.S. Public Education
Carrie Sampson, David R. Garcia, Matthew O. Hom and Melanie Bertrand
6. Coordinating the Mesosystem: An Ecological Approach to Addressing Chronic Absenteeism
Joshua Childs and Christina L. Scanlon
7. Promoting Ecological Approaches to Educational Issues: Evidence from a Partnership around Chronic Absenteeism in Detroit
Sarah Winchell Lenhoff and Jeremy Singer
8. Beyond the School Walls: Collective Impact in Micropolitan School-Community Partnerships
Sarah J. Zuckerman
9. An Application of the Social-ecological Systems Framework to Promoting Evidence-informed Policy and Practice
Stephen MacGregor, Joel R. Malin and Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple
Concluding Note on Thinking Ecologically in Educational Policy and Research
Jack Schneider
Biography
Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Ph.D., is the Leonard Kaplan Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Wayne State University, USA. She is the director of the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research.
Jeremy Singer, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate with the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University, USA, and a research affiliate of the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research. He formerly taught in the Detroit Public Schools.
Michael Gottfried, Ph.D., is Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on education policy and the economics of education.
