Robert L Crowson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert L Crowson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert L |
| FAMILY NAME | Crowson |
| SIGNATURE | CROWSON R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Microlevel Sources of Institutional Change
A key component of organizational analysis, from the perspective of institutional theorizing, is an emphasis on the concept of “legitimacy” as a centrally defining construct (see DiMaggio & Powell
Local Schooling and Organizational Change
The second half of the twentieth century was marked by a decided movement toward more centralized (and nationalized) policymaking for education than had previously been the norm. Among the major pi
Community Contexts Up Close
In their final chapter, the editors of a book on the topic of education policy provided a summary of the then-existing evidence indicating a continuing 21st−century centralization of governance in
Localism Rediscovered
Our nation continues to struggle mightily with efforts to reform and to improve the public schools. The improvement efforts to date have been extraordinarily diverse—and there have been some major
The Study of Bureaucracy in Urban Education
William Lowe Boyd's extraordinarily wide scope of intellectual interests is well represented in a rich mix of publications and presentations during his career. His work ranges from analyses of choi
Shaping the Education Policy Dialogue
Introduction
This issue of the Peabody Journal of Education (PJE) is rather unique. It includes a number of scholarly articles on some ongoing issues in educational policy and school administration. However, th
The Turbulent Policy Environment in Education
So, what's new? The term turbulence brings images of storm-tossed seas, dangerous currents, unpredictable winds, darkening clouds on the near horizon. These are images long familiar to educators, and the language of school administration is loaded with seafaring metaphors: Batten down the hatches; keep things on an even keel; watch the way the wind is blowing; keep the ship afloat; ride out the storm; steady as she goes; this, too, shall pass. Th…
The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform
(2001). The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 9-29
The Home Schooling Movement
In 1932, Willard Waller (The Sociology of Teaching) warned of the importance of distinguishing clearly between school and not-school. Otherwise, the special concerns of parents (vis-a-vis their own children), alongside community power inequities, would intrude heavily on the abilities of educators to be fully professional, to avoid favoritism and particularism, and to be effectively neutral. Waller likely would be much surprised today to learn th…
A conversation about professionalism and community
Community empowerment and the public schools
Cases of very close, participatory ties between school and community are still rare enough to be newsworthy. However, educators and those who train them seldom quarrel today with the notion that active parental participation, close school-community connections, a family-oriented outreach into the community, and even some added services to families (e.g., parenting education, family counseling) are vital ingredients of modemday pedagogy. School-co…
The politics of education, the new institutionalism, and reinvented schooling
Introduction and overview
Rational choice theory and the politics of education
Few people would disagree that politics is a contest over ‘who gets what, when, and how’ (Lasswell 1936). Clearly and inevitably, it involves strategy and tactics, gamesmanship, bargaining, coalition building, and the like. How to ‘win’ at politics has fascinated humans since the dawn of history. But, until comparatively recently, the ‘how to win’ literature was mainly a collection of pithy insights and proverbs. It was far from anything resembli…
Coordinated Services for Children
Four interconnected movements--toward increased parental involvement in school governance, instructional partnerships, school-to-community "outreach," and children's service coordination--are reconfiguring school-community relations. Together, they are increasingly viewed as critical elements in the overall improvement of education, particularly in urban areas. Nationwide, community-connections experimentation is decidedly on the upswing. But, wh…
Urban schools as organizations
Reformed at the turn of the century toward top‐down, centralized administration, city school systems are frequently being reorganized today toward a bottom‐up, decentralized construction. The most radical of these is Chicago. But Chicago, in a condition shared widely throughout the USA, is a city school system experiencing serious budgetary and infrastructure decline ‐ a condition tending anew toward organizational centralization. Such political …
Principal assessment under restructured governance
A principal abruptly departs a school district she grew up professionally for a position in a neighboring community. There are rumors, behind her move, of a personality conflict with the superintendent. In another locale, a principal fights a reassignment by his superintendent and school board, with the help of a group of angry, keep-our-principal parents. The parents claim that the superintendent has been singularly noncommunicative regarding an…
The 1988 Year Book of the Politics of Education Association
Managerial Ethics in Educational Administration
What is referred to as counter-bureaucratic is... a survival mecha nism... a balance weight to... seemingly anti-educational forces
Marjorie Stallings
Creative insubordination" is a necessary strategy for successful school principals, although it has hazards
Coordinated Services for Children
Four interconnected movements--toward increased parental involvement in school governance, instructional partnerships, school-to-community "outreach," and children's service coordination--are reconfiguring school-community relations. Together, they are increasingly viewed as critical elements in the overall improvement of education, particularly in urban areas. Nationwide, community-connections experimentation is decidedly on the upswing. But, wh…
The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform
(2001). The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 9-29
Community empowerment and the public schools
Cases of very close, participatory ties between school and community are still rare enough to be newsworthy. However, educators and those who train them seldom quarrel today with the notion that active parental participation, close school-community connections, a family-oriented outreach into the community, and even some added services to families (e.g., parenting education, family counseling) are vital ingredients of modemday pedagogy. School-co…
Localism Rediscovered
Our nation continues to struggle mightily with efforts to reform and to improve the public schools. The improvement efforts to date have been extraordinarily diverse—and there have been some major
Local Schooling and Organizational Change
The second half of the twentieth century was marked by a decided movement toward more centralized (and nationalized) policymaking for education than had previously been the norm. Among the major pi
Shaping the Education Policy Dialogue
The Turbulent Policy Environment in Education
So, what's new? The term turbulence brings images of storm-tossed seas, dangerous currents, unpredictable winds, darkening clouds on the near horizon. These are images long familiar to educators, and the language of school administration is loaded with seafaring metaphors: Batten down the hatches; keep things on an even keel; watch the way the wind is blowing; keep the ship afloat; ride out the storm; steady as she goes; this, too, shall pass. Th…
Rational choice theory and the politics of education
Few people would disagree that politics is a contest over ‘who gets what, when, and how’ (Lasswell 1936). Clearly and inevitably, it involves strategy and tactics, gamesmanship, bargaining, coalition building, and the like. How to ‘win’ at politics has fascinated humans since the dawn of history. But, until comparatively recently, the ‘how to win’ literature was mainly a collection of pithy insights and proverbs. It was far from anything resembli…
Microlevel Sources of Institutional Change
A key component of organizational analysis, from the perspective of institutional theorizing, is an emphasis on the concept of “legitimacy” as a centrally defining construct (see DiMaggio & Powell
A conversation about professionalism and community
Managerial Ethics in Educational Administration
What is referred to as counter-bureaucratic is... a survival mecha nism... a balance weight to... seemingly anti-educational forces
Marjorie Stallings
Creative insubordination" is a necessary strategy for successful school principals, although it has hazards
Managerial Ethics in Educational Administration
What is referred to as counter-bureaucratic is... a survival mecha nism... a balance weight to... seemingly anti-educational forces
The 1988 Year Book of the Politics of Education Association
Urban schools as organizations
Reformed at the turn of the century toward top‐down, centralized administration, city school systems are frequently being reorganized today toward a bottom‐up, decentralized construction. The most radical of these is Chicago. But Chicago, in a condition shared widely throughout the USA, is a city school system experiencing serious budgetary and infrastructure decline ‐ a condition tending anew toward organizational centralization. Such political …
Principal assessment under restructured governance
A principal abruptly departs a school district she grew up professionally for a position in a neighboring community. There are rumors, behind her move, of a personality conflict with the superintendent. In another locale, a principal fights a reassignment by his superintendent and school board, with the help of a group of angry, keep-our-principal parents. The parents claim that the superintendent has been singularly noncommunicative regarding an…
Coordinated Services for Children
Four interconnected movements--toward increased parental involvement in school governance, instructional partnerships, school-to-community "outreach," and children's service coordination--are reconfiguring school-community relations. Together, they are increasingly viewed as critical elements in the overall improvement of education, particularly in urban areas. Nationwide, community-connections experimentation is decidedly on the upswing. But, wh…
Rational choice theory and the politics of education
Few people would disagree that politics is a contest over ‘who gets what, when, and how’ (Lasswell 1936). Clearly and inevitably, it involves strategy and tactics, gamesmanship, bargaining, coalition building, and the like. How to ‘win’ at politics has fascinated humans since the dawn of history. But, until comparatively recently, the ‘how to win’ literature was mainly a collection of pithy insights and proverbs. It was far from anything resembli…
The politics of education, the new institutionalism, and reinvented schooling
Introduction and overview
A conversation about professionalism and community
Community empowerment and the public schools
Cases of very close, participatory ties between school and community are still rare enough to be newsworthy. However, educators and those who train them seldom quarrel today with the notion that active parental participation, close school-community connections, a family-oriented outreach into the community, and even some added services to families (e.g., parenting education, family counseling) are vital ingredients of modemday pedagogy. School-co…
The Home Schooling Movement
In 1932, Willard Waller (The Sociology of Teaching) warned of the importance of distinguishing clearly between school and not-school. Otherwise, the special concerns of parents (vis-a-vis their own children), alongside community power inequities, would intrude heavily on the abilities of educators to be fully professional, to avoid favoritism and particularism, and to be effectively neutral. Waller likely would be much surprised today to learn th…
The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform
(2001). The New Role of Community Development in Educational Reform. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 9-29
The Turbulent Policy Environment in Education
So, what's new? The term turbulence brings images of storm-tossed seas, dangerous currents, unpredictable winds, darkening clouds on the near horizon. These are images long familiar to educators, and the language of school administration is loaded with seafaring metaphors: Batten down the hatches; keep things on an even keel; watch the way the wind is blowing; keep the ship afloat; ride out the storm; steady as she goes; this, too, shall pass. Th…
The Study of Bureaucracy in Urban Education
William Lowe Boyd's extraordinarily wide scope of intellectual interests is well represented in a rich mix of publications and presentations during his career. His work ranges from analyses of choi
Shaping the Education Policy Dialogue
Introduction
This issue of the Peabody Journal of Education (PJE) is rather unique. It includes a number of scholarly articles on some ongoing issues in educational policy and school administration. However, th
Community Contexts Up Close
In their final chapter, the editors of a book on the topic of education policy provided a summary of the then-existing evidence indicating a continuing 21st−century centralization of governance in
Localism Rediscovered
Our nation continues to struggle mightily with efforts to reform and to improve the public schools. The improvement efforts to date have been extraordinarily diverse—and there have been some major
Microlevel Sources of Institutional Change
A key component of organizational analysis, from the perspective of institutional theorizing, is an emphasis on the concept of “legitimacy” as a centrally defining construct (see DiMaggio & Powell
Local Schooling and Organizational Change
The second half of the twentieth century was marked by a decided movement toward more centralized (and nationalized) policymaking for education than had previously been the norm. Among the major pi
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (19 works) · Public Administration (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Public Administration (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Psychology (8 works)