Dorothy Shipps

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Stanford University, School of Education, Admin. and Policy Analysis, 1995

M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Asian Studies, Contemporary China, 1976

B.A., University of California, Davis, Political Science, 1973

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

SPA, Baruch College, CUNY, Associate Professor, Public Affairs and Education, 2006-present

Teachers College, Columbia University, Coordinator, Education Policy, 2001-2006

Teachers College, Columbia University, Assistant Professor, Education Leadership, 1999-2006

COURSES TAUGHT AT BARUCH

PAF 9310 - Administration of the Urban School

BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Shipps, Dorothy. School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago 1880-2000, University Press of Kansas, (April 2006) 312 pages. www.kansaspress.ku.edu/shisch.html

Cuban, Larry and Dorothy Shipps (eds.) Reconstructing the Common Good in Education: Coping with intractable American dilemmas, Stanford University Press, (2000) 283 pages.

ARTICLES IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Shipps, Dorothy, Elizabeth Fowlkes and Alissa Peltzman. “Journalism and Urban School Reform: Versions of Democratic Decision Making in Two American Cities,” American Journal of Education, 112:3 (May 2006). www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJE/journal/contents/v112n3.html

Shipps, Dorothy. “Pulling Together: Civic Capacity and Urban School Reform.” American Educational Research Journal, 40:1 (December 2003) 841-878.

Reviewed by: Henry M. Levin, “Education for a Commonwealth,” Educational Researcher, 30:6 (August/September 2001) 30-33.

Shipps, Dorothy, Joseph Kahne and Mark Smylie. “The Politics of Urban School Reform: Legitimacy, Urban Growth and School Improvement in Chicago.” Educational Policy, 13:4 (September 1999) 518-545.

Shipps, Dorothy. “The Invisible Hand: Big Business and Chicago School Reform.” Teachers College Record, 99:1 (Fall 1997) 73-116. www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=10253

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Shipps, Dorothy. “The Politics of Leading Reform: Urban Regime Theory, District Leadership, and the Reform of Public Education” in Bruce Cooper, Lance Fusarelli, James Cibulka (eds.), Handbook on the Politics of Education, Lawrence Erlbaum (in press, due April, 2007).

Firestone, William A. and Dorothy Shipps. “Multiple Accountabilities: Distributed leadership, and the problem of orchestrating education change,” in Mike Fertig, Eugene Schneller and Michael Wallace (eds.), Managing Change in Public Services, Blackwell Publishing, (in press, due 2006).

Shipps, Dorothy. “The Science and Politics of Urban Educational Leadership: Toward a Reorienting Narrative,” in Douglas E. Mitchell (ed.), New Foundations of Knowledge for Education Policy Politics and Administration: Science and sensationalism, Lawrence Erlbaum, (2006) pp.181-210.

Firestone, William A. and Dorothy Shipps. “How Do Leaders Interpret Conflicting Accountabilities to Improve Student learning?” in William A. Firestone and Carolyn Riehl (eds.), A New Agenda: Directions for research on educational leadership, Teachers College Press, (2005) pp.81-100.

Shipps, Dorothy. “Chicago: The National ‘Model” Re-Examined,” in Jeffery Henig and Wilbur Rich (eds.), Mayors in the Middle: Politics, race and mayoral control of urban schools, Princeton University Press, (2004) pp.59-95.

Shipps, Dorothy. “Regime Change: Mayoral Takeover of the Chicago Public Schools.” In James G. Cibulka and William Lowe Boyd (eds.), A Race Against Time: The crisis in urban schooling, Praeger Publishers, (2003) pp.106-128.

Shipps, Dorothy. “The Businessman’s Educator: Mayoral Takeover and Non-traditional Leadership in Chicago.” In Larry Cuban and Michael Usdan (eds.), Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots: Getting good schools in six cities, Teachers College Press, (2003) pp.16-37.

Shipps, Dorothy. “Echoes of Corporate Influence: Managing Away Urban School Troubles,” in Larry Cuban and Dorothy Shipps (eds.), Reconstructing the Common Good in Education, Stanford University Press, (2000) pp.82-195.

Shipps, Dorothy. “Corporate Involvement in School Reform,” in Clarence N. Stone (ed.), Changing Urban Education, University Press of Kansas, (1998) pp.161-183.

BOOK REVIEWS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Shipps, Dorothy. “Civic Lessons” Review of Kate Rousmaniere, “Citizen Teacher: The life and leadership of Margaret Haley” in Teachers College Record. Online- (October 2005) at www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=12206 . In print: Teachers College Record.

Shipps, Dorothy. “Accountability For All.” Review of Helen Ladd and Ted Fiske, “When Schools Compete” in Teachers College Record. Online- (July 2000) and in print- (February 2001) pp. 77-80.

OTHER ARTICLES

Shipps, Dorothy and William A. Firestone. “Juggling Accountabilities: The Leaders’ Turn,” Education Week, (June 18, 2003) back page op. ed., p56. Reprinted in Kenneth K. Wong and Anna Nicotera (eds.). Successful Schools and Educational Accountability: Concepts and skills to meet 21st century education leadership challenges, Allyn and Bacon (2006).

Shipps, Dorothy. “Echoes of Corporate Influence.” In Special Edition (Education: The last Frontier for profit) of The UNESCO Courier, (November 2000) pp. 19-20. Also translated into 36 languages including German (November 2000), Portuguese (December 2000), Brazilian Portuguese (January 2001), Italian (February 2001), Persian (March 2001).

Shipps, Dorothy. “The Business Model Won’t Fix Schools,” Los Angeles Times, (Sunday, September 3, 2000) pp. M2-6.

Shipps, Dorothy, Karin Sconzert, and Holly Swyers. Chicago Annenberg Challenge: The first three years. Research report prepared for the Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago, (1999) 52 pages.

Bryk, Anthony S., Dorothy Shipps and Paul Hill. Decentralization in Practice: Toward a system of schools. Research report prepared for the Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago. Published as a report by the Annie E Casey Foundation, Improving School-Community Connections: Ideas for moving towards a system of community schools, (July 1999) 48 pages.

Shipps, Dorothy. Regime Change: Mayoral takeover of the Chicago Public Schools. Research report prepared for the Center for Policy Research in Education, Stanford University, (November 1998) 97 pages.

Cuban, Larry, and Dorothy Shipps. “The Limits of Turning Schools into Businesses.” Los Angeles Times. (Sunday, December 14, 1997) pp. M2-3.

PRESENTATIONS

“Teachers Unions and Corporate Elites in Chicago: Then and now.” Panelist with Adela Soliz at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Francisco, April 7-11, 2006.

“Neo-Progressivism as School Reform in Chicago: Big distinction, little difference?” Panelist at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Francisco, April 7-11, 2006.

“Neo-Progressivism as School Reform in Chicago: Big distinction, little difference?” Invited Panelist at Politics of Education Association annual off-site meeting, Stanford University, April 6, 2006.

“School Governance Reform and its Implications for School leaders,” Invited presentation to Chinese Education Society, sponsored by the Center for Chinese Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, November 1, 2005.

“Chicago.” Invited panelist for Privatization as Educational Remedy: A Tale of Three Cities, Research For Action Forum, Washington Court Hotel, Washington D.C., September 28, 2005.

“Sticky School Reform: A path dependent argument about corporate influence and union weakness in Chicago.” Panelist at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., September 1-4, 2005.

“What Ever Happened to the Promised Science of Educational Policy and Politics?” Panelist at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April 12-17, 2004.

“Journalism in Urban School Reform: A Comparative Study of Education Coverage in Two Cities Undergoing Mayoral Control.” Roundtable presentation with Elisabeth Fowlkes and Alissa Peltzman at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April 12-17, 2004.

“Building a Network for Exemplary Research in Educational Leadership: Sharing Work with the Division A Task Force on Research.” Panelist at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April 12-17, 2004.

“Juggling Accountabilities: Leadership in the Age of High Stakes.” Keynote speaker at the Annual Leadership Conference of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, New York City, December 6, 2003.

“Daniel Griffiths at 40: What ever Happened to the Promised Science of Educational Administration and Policy?” Invited conference participant at California State University at Riverside, November 21-22, 2003.

“School Reform Corporate Style: Melding the Politics of Regime Change with the Substantive Goals of Reform.” Invited presentation to the Carnegie Corporation of New York City, November 7, 2003.

“Mayors and School Reform in Chicago.” Panelist at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, April 21-25, 2003.

“Developing Research to Improve Educational Leadership: Report of task force.” A Project of AERA Division A, UCEA, and the Laboratory for Student Success. Presenter in a series of roundtables as a member of the Task Force at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago IL, April 21-25, 2003.

“Civic Capacity and Urban School Reform: New York City.” Invited address at the University Seminar on Educational Innovation, Faculty Club, Columbia University, January 21, 2003.

“Parent and Community Involvement Under Mayoral Control: What Has Been Tried and What Have We Learned?” Testimony to the New York City Council Education Committee, December 11, 2002.

“How Do Leaders Create Effective School Improvement out of Conflicting Accountabilities?” Presentation with Bill Firestone at the University Council on Educational Administration annual meeting, Pittsburgh PA, November 1-3, 2002.

“How Do Leaders Create Effective School Improvement out of Conflicting Accountabilities?” Presentation with Bill Firestone at meeting of the AERA Division A/UCEA/LSS Taskforce on Developing Research in Educational Leadership, Philadelphia, PA, August 12-14, 2002.

“Reconstructing the Common Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas.” A Pre-Conference Course for the National School Board Association, New Orleans, April 5, 2002.

“Mayors, Race and School Reform in Chicago at Mayors, Minorities and Urban School Reform Conference” convened by the Russell Sage Foundation, New York, May 18-19, 2001.

“Civic Capacity and Urban School Reform.” Panelist at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, April 10-15, 2001.

“Regime Change in Chicago” Panelist on Mayors and Schools at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A new progressive movement in educational governance at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, April 10-15, 2001.

“Historians as Public Intellectuals,” a Presidential sponsored address at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Seattle, April 10-15, 2001.

“The Businessman’s Educator at Urban Case Studies Working Group” of the Institute for Education Leadership, Washington D.C., March 20, 2001.

“Revolutions in School Governance: The Chicago Experience.” Invited speaker for American Youth Policy Forum, Washington D.C., December 10, 1998.

“Urban Education Research: The next generation.” Panelist at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Boston, August 31-September 6, 1998.

“Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me: The Political Economy of Chicago School Reform.” Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, April 21, 1998.

“The Experience of Local School Councils in Chicago” at the Education Writers Seminar at Stanford University. Sponsored by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). April 20, 1998.

“Legitimacy and Professionalism in Chicago’s Layered School Reform.” Panelist on New Developments in Urban School Governance: The Cases of NYC, Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April 13-17, 1998.

“Institutional Contexts of the Annenberg Challenge and School Development in Chicago.” Presented with Karin Sconzert as part of Promoting Urban School Development: Initial Findings from the Chicago Annenberg Study Project at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, April 13-17, 1998.

“The Political Economy of Decentralization in Chicago” at New Models of School Management: Lessons from the U.S. Experience, a World Bank Study Tour for bank economists and ministry of education officials from Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East/North Africa, African, South Asia, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia regions, Chicago, December 8-10, 1997.

“Chicago: Re-Centralizing the School Site Governance presented.” Presented with Joseph Kahne as part of a panel on ReDesigning (Re-Negotiating) Urban School Governance, at the University Council for Educational Administration annual meeting, Orlando FL, October 31- November 2, 1997.

“Patterns of Educational Reform.” Invited discussant at the History of Education Society annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 23-26, 1997.

“Investing in Student Achievement.” Invited panelist on school system accountability and performance indicators at the Education Commission of the States annual meeting and national forum, Providence RI, July 9-12, 1997.

“Urban School System Decentralization.” Invited panelist for National School Board Association annual meeting, Chicago, June 27-28, 1997.

“The History of Chicago School Policy Making.” Invited speaker on at Chicago Foundation on Education, Chicago, April 5, 1997.

“The New Politics of Decentralization”, as part of an interactive paper session on Decentralization in Practice: A collaborative Study of Six Urban School Districts, at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, March 24-28, 1997.

“Reform and Experiment in the City of Chicago: Historical Reflections.” Panelist for an interactive symposium on at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, March 24-28, 1997.

“Responding to the Challenge of Diversity: The Oakland Experience, 1910-1990.” Discussant at American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, March 24-28, 1997.

“Understanding Corporate Participation in Systemwide Reform: First steps toward a new framework of analysis.” Roundtable presentation at the American Education Research Association annual meeting, New York, April 1996.

“Business Interests and School Policy: The Case of Chicago” Presented as part of School Reform in Chicago: The Roles of Business, Foundations and Activist Organizations. Chair at the American Education Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans, April 1994.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS

Best Paper in Urban Politics, Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, 2006.

Carnegie Corporation Scholar, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2000-2001.

Warren Weaver Fellow, The Rockefeller Foundation, 1994-1995.

GRANTS-IN-AID

Teachers College, Columbia University, Deans untenured faculty research development grant for “Journalism and School Reform,” 2003.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York. “School Reform, Corporate Style: the Chicago Case,” 2000-2001.

Teachers College, Columbia University. Dean’s Untenured Faculty Grant “School Reform, Corporate Style: Businessmen, Mayors and Race in Chicago,” 2000.

The Rockefeller Foundation. “Reconstructing the Common Good in Education,” 1999-2001.

Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Stanford University. Contributing Researcher to New Regimes in Education Governance, (PI: Michael W. Kirst) 1997-1998.

Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Lead Researcher on The Chicago Annenberg Study, analyzing the institutional contexts of and influences on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Funded through the Consortium on Chicago School Research, (PI: Mark Smylie) (percentage of time written in grant) 1996-1999.

The Spencer Foundation. “Big Business and School Reform,” 1996-1997.

Annie E. Casey Foundation. Study Director for Cross-Site Study for School System Decentralization. Funded through the Consortium on Chicago School Research, (Co-PIs: Paul Hill and Anthony S. Bryk) (percentage of time written in grant) 1995-1997.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

A. Service to the Department: N/A

B. Service to the School:

Coordinator: State re-registration efforts for program leading to the certification of programs leading to the School Building Leader certification and the School District Leader certification.

C. Service to the College: None

D. Service to the Graduate Center: None

E. Service to the University: None

OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Section Leader, Division L (Policy and Politics) of American Educational Research Association, 2006.

Chair, Awards Committee, Politics of Education Association, 2005-2007.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Blind reviewer for:
American Educational Research Journal (2000-present)
American Journal of Education (1999, 2006)
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (2002-present)
Political Science Quarterly (2001-present)
Teachers College Record (2000-present)
Urban Education (2002-present)
American Sociology Association, Sociology of Education (2004)
American Educational Research Association, Division F (history) & Division L policy and politics (2000-present)
Politics of Education Association (2004-present)
The Spencer Foundation (2000-present)

Committee for A Research Consortium for New York City Schools, and member of the Data Workgroup and the Community Partnership workgroup initiated by the Social Science Research Council, New York City, 2005-2006.

Advisory Panel for “Improving Mathematics Achievement in Grade 3 students with Systemic Use of Proximal Assessment Data” (NSF grant Co-PI: M. Chatterji and E. W. Gordon), 2004-2006.

Politics of Education Association Subcommittee on the future of the politics of education, 2002-2003.

AERA (Division A)/UCEA Committee to establish a research agenda for educational administration and leadership 2002-2003.

Member: American Historical Association, 2002-2004.

Member: History of Education Society, 1997-1998.

Member: American Political Science Association, 1995-present.

Member: Politics of Education Association, 1994-present.

Member: American Educational Research Association (Divisions A, L and F) 1988-present.