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Malin, Joel: Recent submissions
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Inspiring and implementing bottom-up change: The omnivore’s advantage
In this commentary, first I join with numerous educators who have argued for or produced evidence supporting bottom-up, professionally-driven educational change. However, I then argue that to fully realize the potential ... -
Knowledge Mobilization in Education: The Marshall Memo Case
The importance of intermediation between communities primarily engaged in research production and those primarily engaged in practice is increasingly acknowledged, yet our understanding of the nature and influence of ... -
College and Career Readiness and the Every Student Succeeds Act
Purpose: This study addressed the current policy push to improve students’ college and career readiness (CCR) as manifested within the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and examined CCR policy in the state of Illinois as ... -
Separate and Unequal at Hillsborough High: A Principal’s Challenges in Integrating “Academic” and Career and Technical Education Coursework
Dr. Edward White, Hillsborough High School principal, has decided to allocate faculty in-service time to address an unproductive chasm between academic and Career and Technical Education programming within the school, which ... -
State of the States: Illinois
An analysis of PK-12 education budgeting and funding for Fiscal Year 2014, including priorities and pressing issues. -
Educational Expertise, Advocacy, and Media Influence
The efforts of many advocacy organizations to advance their preferred policies despite conflicting evidence of the effectiveness of these policies raise questions about factors that shape successful policy promotion. While ... -
“MOOCing” On Up? Experiences of an Elusive Course Completer
In this article, I apply autoethnography to recount and analyze my experiences as a recent enrollee and course completer of a massive open online course (MOOC). Research surrounding MOOCs heretofore has been predominantly ... -
Characteristics of Tenure-Line Faculty in Leadership Preparation Programs: An Analysis of Academic Preparation and Administrative Experience
This study investigated the credentials of 755 tenure-line educational leadership faculty members, using data collected through an online questionnaire. Findings disclosed that research institutions were significantly ... -
Racial/Ethnic and Gender Equity Patterns in Illinois High School Career and Technical Education Coursework
This study analyzed high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) enrollments in Illinois, with comparisons to national data when possible, by career cluster and pathway and with respect to gender and racial/ethnic ...