keywords Research use, knowledge utilization, research-practice partnership, collaborative research, district decision-making
selected publications chapter Supporting Use of Data and Evidence From Early Warning Indicator Systems in Research-Practice Partnerships. Teachers College Record. 2020 conference proceeding Learning at the boundaries of research and practice: A framework for understanding research-practice partnerships. Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS. 2515-2522. 2020 journal article Conceptions and Practices of Equity in Research-Practice Partnerships. Educational Policy: an interdisciplinary journal of policy and practice. 200-224. 2023 Solving for X: Constructing Algebra and Algebra Policy During a Time of Change. Sociology of Education: a journal of research in socialization and social structure. 216-232. 2022 Learning at the Boundaries of Research and Practice: A Framework for Understanding Research-Practice Partnerships. Educational Researcher. 197-208. 2022 "What Counts" as Research? Comparing Policy Guidelines to the Evidence Education Leaders Report as Useful. AERA Open. 2022 Constraints, Values, and Information: How Leaders in One District Justify Their Positions During Instructional Decision Making. American Educational Research Journal. 710-747. 2021 Fostering educational improvement with research-practice partnerships. Phi Delta Kappan. 14-19. 2021 What are the conditions under which research-practice partnerships succeed?. Phi Delta Kappan. 38-41. 2021 Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: Advancing an Evolutionary Logic of Systems Improvement. 45-62. 2021 Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity. American Educational Research Journal. 955-994. 2019 "What the Hell Is This, and Who the Hell Are You?" Role and Identity Negotiation in Research-Practice Partnerships. AERA Open. 2019 Brokering research in science education policy implementation: the case of a professional association. Evidence and Policy: a journal of research, debate and practice . 459-476. 2018 What Research District Leaders Find Useful. Educational Policy: an interdisciplinary journal of policy and practice. 540-568. 2018 Absorptive capacity: A conceptual framework for understanding district central office learning. Journal of Educational Change. 135-159. 2017 How School and District Leaders Access, Perceive, and Use Research. AERA Open. 2017 Light touch, heavy hand: principals and data-use PLCs. Journal of Educational Administration. 376-389. 2017 Contributing conditions: A qualitative comparative analysis of teachers' instructional responses to data. Teaching and Teacher Education. 398-412. 2016 Metrics Matter: How Properties and Perceptions of Data Shape Teachers' Instructional Responses. Educational Administration Quarterly. 423-462. 2016 Are We Motivating Students with Data?. Educational leadership : journal of the Department of Supervision and Curriculum Development, N.E.A. 16-21. 2015 Designing School Systems to Encourage Data Use and Instructional Improvement. Educational Administration Quarterly. 438-471. 2015 Conceptualizing Research-Practice Partnerships as Joint Work at Boundaries. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 182-197. 2015 Building Teachers’ Data-use Capacity: Insights from Strong and Developing Coaches. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 52-52. 2014 One size does not fit all: Understanding the variation in charter management scale-up. Journal of Educational Change. 77-97. 2014 Charter Management Organizations. Educational Policy: an interdisciplinary journal of policy and practice. 499-532. 2012 Beyond Ideological Warfare: The Maturation of Research on Charter Schools. Journal of School Choice. 444-507. 2011 scholarly edition Findings from a national survey of research use among school and district leaders 2016
education and training Ph.D., University of Southern California 2012 M.S., Pace University-New York 2007 B.A., Dartmouth College 2005