Sheneka M Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 4469771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheneka M Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheneka M |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
“Constant Communication”
Rural school leaders are met with serious challenges and opportunities to lead rural schools in times of normalcy, but these challenges are amplified during a crisis. Rural school principals in the United States faced an unprecedented crisis when school buildings closed in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure of rural school principals and their response to this crisis is exemplified through their leadership practices. Through qu…
Coming Full Circle
Coming Full Circle: Revisiting Brown, Both Policy and Practice." Peabody Journal of Education, 94(4), pp. 369–370
Coming Full Circle
Cross-Racial Interactions in Schools 65 Years After Brown
Race has been a central thread in the American fabric since the country’s inception, and relationships among racial groups, particularly between Whites and African Americans, have been strained due to the nation’s historic founding. Larger, societal tensions around race likely manifest in schools and threaten to impede the premise and promise of the Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision. As such, this article provides a conceptual underst…
Right Cause, Wrong Method? Examining the Politics of State Takeover in Georgia
A growing number of states are using state-run school districts to take over and improve persistently underperforming schools. This article uses Georgia to examine the politics of state takeover. We analyze the supporting and opposing coalitions as well as the alignment between state takeover and charter schools in the campaign for the constitutional amendment to create a statewide turnaround district. Our findings show that corporate interests, …
The Reversed Role of Magnets in St. Louis
Magnet schools were originally created to attract a diverse student population. Using data from the 23 magnet schools in St. Louis, this longitudinal study is twofold: first, to review the performance outcomes of the magnet schools across a 5-year period, between 2005-2006 and 2009-2010, and second, to examine whether the magnet schools are fostering segregation among the city’s Black families. The relationship between a school’s demographics, it…
Micropolitics and Rural School Consolidation
School consolidation in rural districts has been ongoing since the 1800s. Although many district personnel tout economic inefficiency as a reason for consolidation to occur, micropolitics among school board members, parents, and the business community often drive the consolidation process. This article presents a qualitative case study of Webster Parish, which documents the formulation and implementation of school consolidation policy in a rural …
Introduction
Equity has long been one of the main goals of public education in the United States, even though public schooling has often fallen short of the ideal in practice. Notions of what educational equity requires have shifted over time. Currently, as this issue's articles show, many ideas about educational equity are contending with each other in policy and politics. The political environment is not just complex but also challenging. At a time when res…
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
Through the Eyes of Friends
Racially mixed schools are important because they affect the distribution of academic achievement, racial attitudes, subsequent social and economic outcomes of students, and patterns of residential integration. The purpose of this article is to capture and describe the role that adolescent friendships play in the educational and social experiences of students enrolled in racially mixed, or desegregated, schools. Based on qualitative analysis that…
Right Cause, Wrong Method? Examining the Politics of State Takeover in Georgia
A growing number of states are using state-run school districts to take over and improve persistently underperforming schools. This article uses Georgia to examine the politics of state takeover. We analyze the supporting and opposing coalitions as well as the alignment between state takeover and charter schools in the campaign for the constitutional amendment to create a statewide turnaround district. Our findings show that corporate interests, …
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
The Reversed Role of Magnets in St. Louis
Magnet schools were originally created to attract a diverse student population. Using data from the 23 magnet schools in St. Louis, this longitudinal study is twofold: first, to review the performance outcomes of the magnet schools across a 5-year period, between 2005-2006 and 2009-2010, and second, to examine whether the magnet schools are fostering segregation among the city’s Black families. The relationship between a school’s demographics, it…
Through the Eyes of Friends
Racially mixed schools are important because they affect the distribution of academic achievement, racial attitudes, subsequent social and economic outcomes of students, and patterns of residential integration. The purpose of this article is to capture and describe the role that adolescent friendships play in the educational and social experiences of students enrolled in racially mixed, or desegregated, schools. Based on qualitative analysis that…
Cross-Racial Interactions in Schools 65 Years After Brown
Race has been a central thread in the American fabric since the country’s inception, and relationships among racial groups, particularly between Whites and African Americans, have been strained due to the nation’s historic founding. Larger, societal tensions around race likely manifest in schools and threaten to impede the premise and promise of the Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision. As such, this article provides a conceptual underst…
Introduction
Equity has long been one of the main goals of public education in the United States, even though public schooling has often fallen short of the ideal in practice. Notions of what educational equity requires have shifted over time. Currently, as this issue's articles show, many ideas about educational equity are contending with each other in policy and politics. The political environment is not just complex but also challenging. At a time when res…
Through the Eyes of Friends
Racially mixed schools are important because they affect the distribution of academic achievement, racial attitudes, subsequent social and economic outcomes of students, and patterns of residential integration. The purpose of this article is to capture and describe the role that adolescent friendships play in the educational and social experiences of students enrolled in racially mixed, or desegregated, schools. Based on qualitative analysis that…
Micropolitics and Rural School Consolidation
School consolidation in rural districts has been ongoing since the 1800s. Although many district personnel tout economic inefficiency as a reason for consolidation to occur, micropolitics among school board members, parents, and the business community often drive the consolidation process. This article presents a qualitative case study of Webster Parish, which documents the formulation and implementation of school consolidation policy in a rural …
Introduction
Equity has long been one of the main goals of public education in the United States, even though public schooling has often fallen short of the ideal in practice. Notions of what educational equity requires have shifted over time. Currently, as this issue's articles show, many ideas about educational equity are contending with each other in policy and politics. The political environment is not just complex but also challenging. At a time when res…
The Life and Death of Desegregation Policy in Wake County Public School System and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
The state of North Carolina is one of few states in the South in which two large districts committed to desegregating schools in the early 1970s. However, the state’s two largest districts, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) and Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) have experienced ups and downs in their policy commitment to desegregated schools. This article utilizes a cross-case policy analysis to examine levels of segregation in CMS and W…
The Reversed Role of Magnets in St. Louis
Magnet schools were originally created to attract a diverse student population. Using data from the 23 magnet schools in St. Louis, this longitudinal study is twofold: first, to review the performance outcomes of the magnet schools across a 5-year period, between 2005-2006 and 2009-2010, and second, to examine whether the magnet schools are fostering segregation among the city’s Black families. The relationship between a school’s demographics, it…
Coming Full Circle
Coming Full Circle: Revisiting Brown, Both Policy and Practice." Peabody Journal of Education, 94(4), pp. 369–370
Coming Full Circle
Cross-Racial Interactions in Schools 65 Years After Brown
Race has been a central thread in the American fabric since the country’s inception, and relationships among racial groups, particularly between Whites and African Americans, have been strained due to the nation’s historic founding. Larger, societal tensions around race likely manifest in schools and threaten to impede the premise and promise of the Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision. As such, this article provides a conceptual underst…
Right Cause, Wrong Method? Examining the Politics of State Takeover in Georgia
A growing number of states are using state-run school districts to take over and improve persistently underperforming schools. This article uses Georgia to examine the politics of state takeover. We analyze the supporting and opposing coalitions as well as the alignment between state takeover and charter schools in the campaign for the constitutional amendment to create a statewide turnaround district. Our findings show that corporate interests, …
“Constant Communication”
Rural school leaders are met with serious challenges and opportunities to lead rural schools in times of normalcy, but these challenges are amplified during a crisis. Rural school principals in the United States faced an unprecedented crisis when school buildings closed in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure of rural school principals and their response to this crisis is exemplified through their leadership practices. Through qu…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works)