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Papers by Ellis Reid

Harvard Educational Review, Sep 1, 2020

Harvard Educational Review, Sep 1, 2021

Charter School City What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American ... more Charter School City What the End of Traditional Public Schools in New Orleans Means for American Education

Harvard Educational Review

Philosophy of Education, 2022

Traditional school governance structures in the US have changed dramatically over the past thirty... more Traditional school governance structures in the US have changed dramatically over the past thirty years. In particular, local districts, though still powerful, have seen their authority greatly diminished by increasingly active state and federal policymakers as well as by powerful national organizations. 1 The most dramatic changes in school governance structures have been concentrated in cities whose schools serve disproportionately high numbers of students of color and students from low-SES households. 2 Notably, residents of many of these cities have resisted these changes-mayor control of local school boards, state takeovers of schools and school districts, the proliferation of charter schools-decrying them as usurpations of their proper democratic authority and, frequently, as being motivated by racial animus. 3 In many cases, however, proponents of remaking school governance have also argued using the language of social justice and racial equity. In 2000, George W. Bush famously defended his education policies-policies that would see an unprecedented increase in federal authority over public schooling-on the grounds that they would fight "the soft bigotry of low expectations." 4 More recently, Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of one of the largest charter management organizations in New York City, regularly defends charter schools and school choice as key to the fight for educational equity and racial justice. 5 Other leaders of charter management organizations and defenders of market-based reforms make similar claims. Moreover, in at least some cities, school governance reform does seem to work. In New Orleans, for instance, Douglas Harris has persuasively argued that the decision by state leaders to take over the school district, embrace charter schools, and shift the role of the state from direct service provider to contractor produced positive outcomes for the predominantly Black and low-income student population of New Orleans. Harris sums up the outcomes succinctly. He writes: Most education policies and programs have no measurable effect. Some have positive effects on some outcomes but not others. New Orleans is the rare case where we see large gains on a wide variety of

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Apr 30, 2023

Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting

Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting

Philosophical Perspectives on Moral and Civic Education, 2019

is Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her books include No Citizen L... more is Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her books include No Citizen Left Behind, Making Civics Count (co-edited with David Campbell and Frederick Hess), and Dilemmas of Educational Ethics (coedited with Jacob Fay).