Leadership, Policy and Organizations
210C Payne
414 GPC
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
615-322-8001
615-343-7094
The social context of education and the social organization of schools, with specific reference to family-school-community interactions in public, military-sponsored, non-public, and choice schools.
Current research focuses upon the influence of work structures, social networks, and neighborhoods on family-school-community relationships; desegregation, housing/neighborhood capacity, and school choice.