NEPC Review: Who’s on Board? School Boards and Political Representation in an Age of Conflict (Fordham Institute, October 2025) [Reprint].

Autores

  • Carrie Sampson Arizona State University
  • Jeanne M. Powers Arizona State University

Resumo

Carrie Sampson's and Jeanne M. Powers's report of Fordham Institute's report, Who’s on Board? School Boards and Political Representation in an Age of Conflict, reprinted here with the kind permission of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), University of Colorado Boulder (http://nepc.colorado.edu). The review was made possible in part by funding from Great Lakes Center for Educational Research and Practice.

Biografia do Autor

Carrie Sampson, Arizona State University

Dr. Carrie Sampson is an associate professor in Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on K-12 educational leadership, policymaking and equity, with particular emphasis on school boards, districts, and community advocacy. She has received various awards and recognition for her scholarship, including the National Academy of Education/Spencer and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships, AERA Division A Early Career Award, and the UCEA William J. Davis Award for her article published in Educational Administration Quarterly, entitled “(Im)Possibilities of Latinx School Board Members’ Educational Leadership Toward Equity.” Her recent book, published by Harvard Education Press, is entitled Navigating School Board Politics: A Framework for Advancing Equity. Dr. Sampson serves as a fellow for the National Education Policy Center and the Black Education Research Center.

Jeanne M. Powers, Arizona State University

Jeanne M. Powers is a professor in the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University. Recent projects focus on school segregation, school choice, and the implementation of complex education reforms. She is the author of Charter Schools: From Reform Imagery to Reform Reality (2009). Her articles have been published in Urban EducationReview of Research in Education, American Educational Research JournalEducational PolicyAmerican Journal of EducationEquity and Excellence in Education, and Law and Social Inquiry. Dr. Powers was the editor of Review of Research in Education (2018, 2020), and is currently the lead editor of Education Policy Analysis Archives. She is also a fellow of the National Education Policy Center. 

Referências

[Report reviewed] Houston, D. M., & Hartney, M. T. (2025, October). Who’s on board? School boards and political representation in an age of conflict. https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/whos-board-school-boards-and-political-representation-age-conflict

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2026-05-06

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Sampson, C., & Powers, J. M. (2026). NEPC Review: Who’s on Board? School Boards and Political Representation in an Age of Conflict (Fordham Institute, October 2025) [Reprint]. Resenhas Educativas/ANPEd, 33. Recuperado de https://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/article/view/4637

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