Recent Publications on Districts in Research and Reform:
Policies Restricting Teaching About Race and Gender Spill Over into Other States and Localities: Findings from the 2023 State of the American Teacher Survey. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2024. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1108-10.html.
Building Organizational and Individual Capacities in State and Local Education Agencies: The First Five Years of the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2023. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1161-2.html.
Disciplining Our Own: Politicizing the Image of the Strict Black Principals, 1970-1985 - https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442221142061
School Choice, Local Discretion, and Stratification: Evidence From Inter-district Open Enrollment in Metro Detroit - https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245221137571
UNESCO (2023). Leading teaching and learning together: the role of the middle tier
EDT & UNESCO (2023). Leading teaching and learning together: The role of the middle tier
Tempering Applied Critical Leadership: The Im/Possibilities of Leading for Racial Justice in School Districts - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0013161X221137877
“The Business of Teaching and Learning”: Institutionalizing Equity in Educational Organizations Through Continuous Improvement - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/00028312221074404
Districts Continue to Struggle with Staffing, Political Polarization, and Unfinished Instruction: Selected Findings from the Fifth American School District Panel Survey - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-13.html
Prioritizing Racial Equity Within Social and Emotional Learning in Tacoma: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 6) - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA379-9.html
Coercion and Consent for the U.S. Education Market: Community Engagement Policy Under Racialized Fiscal Surveillance - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680939.2022.2112759?journalCode=tedp20
District Partnerships with University Principal Preparation Programs: A Summary of Findings for School District Leaders (Volume 3, Part 4) - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA413-6.html
Walking a Fine Line—Educators' Views on Politicized Topics in Schooling: Findings from the State of the American Teacher and State of the American Principal Surveys - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1108-5.html
Anti-racist educational leadership and policy: Addressing racism in public education - https://www.routledge.com/Anti-Racist-Educational-Leadership-and-Policy-Addressing-Racism-in-Public/Diem-Welton/p/book/9781138596993
Open Enrollment and Disrupting the Political Ecology of U.S. Public Education - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0161956X.2022.2026721
Exposing the White Innocence Playbook of School District Leaders - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10665684.2021.2021669?journalCode=ueee20
“This is civil disobedience. I’ll continue.”: The racialization of school board meeting rules - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680939.2020.1778795?journalCode=tedp20
How Education Sector Functioning Is Affected by Political Economy Considerations: Perspectives from District Level Education Officials in Nepal - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03057925.2022.2108375?src=&journalCode=ccom20
Reforming for Racial Justice: A Narrative Synthesis and Critique of the Literature on District Reform in Ontario Over 25 Years - https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/73144
Subverting Whiteness and Amplifying Anti-Racisms: Mid-Level District Leadership for Racial Justice - https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846221095752