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Department
Leadership, Policy and Organizations
Office Location
210B Payne
Mailing Address
414 GPC
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
Direct Phone
615-322-8037
Fax Number
615-343-7094
Email Address
Ellen B. Goldring
Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1985
Short Biography
Ellen Goldring's research interests reside in two main areas. One strand centers on understanding and shaping school reform efforts that connect families, communities, and schools. She is co-author with Claire Smrekar of Magnet Schools in Urban Districts: What's Our Choice (Teacher College Press) that focuses on questions of equity and community in urban school districts with extensive magnet school plans, and Principals of Dynamic Schools (Corwin Press) with Sharon Rallis. Much of her other scholarly work focuses on the changing role of school leaders as the organizational contexts for schools become more complex and varied. Her research examines how principals play a pivotal and changing role as schools become re-embedded in their larger community structures. She studies the organizational features of schools and leadership that affect parent participation. She is currently involved in a number of projects that are studying expertise in school leadership, new models for professional development for school leaders, and linking leading and learning.