Walker A Swain
Biographic Data
| ID | 147951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walker A Swain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walker A |
| FAMILY NAME | Swain |
| SIGNATURE | SWAIN W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9090-7874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(Re)Defining Urban Education
Generally, educational studies do not problematize the definition of urban education or examine the positionality of sites along a spectrum of urban districts and schools. This study addresses the definitional gap by (a) examining the conceptualization of urban education through an integrative review of prior definitional research and (b) exploring how an urban district may be defined in empirical terms. Our findings indicate six categories are t…
Sorting Through Performance Evaluations
The federal Race to the Top initiative signified a shift in American education policy whereby accountability efforts moved from the school to the teacher level. Using administrative data from Tennessee, we explore whether evaluation reforms differentially influenced mobility patterns for teachers of varying effectiveness. We find that the rollout of a statewide evaluation system, even without punitive consequences, was associated with increased t…
Inflammation, infection and depression
School Choice, Gentrification, and the Variable Significance of Racial Stratification in Urban Neighborhoods
Racial and socioeconomic stratification have long governed patterns of residential sorting in the American metropolis. However, recent expansions of school choice policies that allow parents to select schools outside their neighborhood raise questions as to whether this weakening of the neighborhood–school connection might influence the residential decisions of higher-socioeconomic-status white households looking to relocate to central city neigh…
Sexually Transmitted Pathogens, Depression, and Other Manifestations Associated with Premenstrual Syndrome
School Choice, Gentrification, and the Variable Significance of Racial Stratification in Urban Neighborhoods
Racial and socioeconomic stratification have long governed patterns of residential sorting in the American metropolis. However, recent expansions of school choice policies that allow parents to select schools outside their neighborhood raise questions as to whether this weakening of the neighborhood–school connection might influence the residential decisions of higher-socioeconomic-status white households looking to relocate to central city neigh…
Sorting Through Performance Evaluations
The federal Race to the Top initiative signified a shift in American education policy whereby accountability efforts moved from the school to the teacher level. Using administrative data from Tennessee, we explore whether evaluation reforms differentially influenced mobility patterns for teachers of varying effectiveness. We find that the rollout of a statewide evaluation system, even without punitive consequences, was associated with increased t…
Sexually Transmitted Pathogens, Depression, and Other Manifestations Associated with Premenstrual Syndrome
School Choice, Gentrification, and the Variable Significance of Racial Stratification in Urban Neighborhoods
Racial and socioeconomic stratification have long governed patterns of residential sorting in the American metropolis. However, recent expansions of school choice policies that allow parents to select schools outside their neighborhood raise questions as to whether this weakening of the neighborhood–school connection might influence the residential decisions of higher-socioeconomic-status white households looking to relocate to central city neigh…
Inflammation, infection and depression
(Re)Defining Urban Education
Generally, educational studies do not problematize the definition of urban education or examine the positionality of sites along a spectrum of urban districts and schools. This study addresses the definitional gap by (a) examining the conceptualization of urban education through an integrative review of prior definitional research and (b) exploring how an urban district may be defined in empirical terms. Our findings indicate six categories are t…
Sorting Through Performance Evaluations
The federal Race to the Top initiative signified a shift in American education policy whereby accountability efforts moved from the school to the teacher level. Using administrative data from Tennessee, we explore whether evaluation reforms differentially influenced mobility patterns for teachers of varying effectiveness. We find that the rollout of a statewide evaluation system, even without punitive consequences, was associated with increased t…
Economics (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Depression (economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Immunology (2 works)