Research for Action

Katrina E. Bulkley

no image Associate Professor of Education Leadership Montclair State University	Katrina Bulkley is an Associate Professor of Education Leadership in the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University. Her work explores the relationship between governance changes (especially in the area of school choice and charter schools) and school reform. Her recent studies have focused on the role of for-profit and non-profit management organizations in the operations of public schools nationally and in Philadelphia. Her work has been published in journals including Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Policy, Education and Urban Society, Educational Foundations, the International Journal of Qualitiative Studies in Education, and Phi Delta Kappan. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education (through the Consortium for Policy Research in Education) and the Spencer Foundation.
Selected Research for Action projects: Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform Learning to Learn from Data: Using Data to Inform Instructional Decisions and Improve Student Learning in Low-Performing Urban Schools All Projects
Selected Publications: Christman, J. B., Neild, R. C., Bulkley, K. E., Liu, R., Mitchell, C. A., Travers, E., & Blanc, S. (2009, Jun). Making the Most of Interim Assessment Data: Lessons from Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Research for Action. Bulkley, K. E., Mundell, L. M., & Riffer, M. (2004, May). Contracting Out Schools: The First Year of the Philadelphia Diverse Provider Model. Philadelphia: Research for Action. All Publications
Educational Background: Ph.D.: Stanford University School of Education, Administration and Policy Analysis M.A.: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American Politics and Public Policy B.A.: Wesleyan University, Government