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Dr. Katrina Bulkley is the Acting Dean of the College of Education and Human Services as well as a Professor of Educational Leadership and founding Chair (on leave) of the Department of Educational Leadership at Montclair State University. She has served as a leader in multiple capacities in addition to roles as chair and acting dean, including as a leader within large research teams and former chair of the Montclair State IRB.
Dr. Bulkley's research examines the intersection of policy and leadership in efforts to increase market-linked ideas in education and enhance accountability and data-driven change. She studies issues around the increasing use of new governance structures and non-public actors to improve public education (with a particular focus on urban education). She is the co-author of, "Challenging the One Best System: The Portfolio Management Model and Urban School Governance" (Harvard Education Press, November, 2020 - https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/challenging-the-one-best-system). This project, funded through a Lyle Spencer Research Award by the Spencer Foundation (https://www.spencer.org/grant-archive/new-one-best-system-urban-governance-and-educational-practice-portfolio-management-model) examined the connections between governance change and educational practice in Denver, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.
As a Research Partner with the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (https://www.reachcentered.org/), Dr. Bulkley is studying state policy around issues of choice, including the role of charter school authorizers in addressing the needs of historically marginalized populations and the impact of COVID-19 on school choice.
In addition to articles published in journals including the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Administration Quarterly, and Educational Policy, she co-edited "Between Public and Private: Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform" (with Jeffrey Henig and Henry Levin, Harvard Education Press, 2010) and "Taking Account of Charter Schools" (with Priscilla Wohlstetter, Teachers College Press, 2004). Her research has been supported by grants from funders including the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Educational Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, and the New Jersey Department of Education.
In her teaching, Dr. Bulkley focuses on the use of data and the tools of research at both the masters and doctoral level to help educators develop and enact academically and methodologically rigorous change that can be both impactful and sustainable.
Research interests
Examines the intersection of policy and leadership in efforts to increase market-linked ideas in education and enhance accountability and data-driven change. Dr. Bulkley studies issues around the increasing use of new governance structures and non-public actors to improve public education (with a particular focus on urban education).
Scholarly Interests
New governance structures and non-public actors to improve public education (with a particular focus on urban education).
Teaching
Focuses on the use of data and the tools of research at both the masters and doctoral level to help educators develop and enact academically and methodologically rigorous change that can be both impactful and sustainable.
Faculty/Media Expert
Expert on charter schools, urban district reform, and educational privatization.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- L Education (General)
- Educational Leadership
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The New 'One Best System?': Urban Governance and Educational Practice in the Portfolio Management Model
Bulkley, K., Marsh, J. A., Harris, D. N. & Strunk, K.
1/01/15 → …
Project: Research
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Date Use and Leadership Preparation: Multiple Pathways to the Data-driven Principalship
Bulkley, K. & McCotter, S. S.
1/01/11 → …
Project: Research
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Learning to learn from data: using data to inform instructional decisions and improve student learning in low-performing urban schools
Christman, J. B., Bulkley, K. & Neild, R.
1/01/06 → …
Project: Research
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Going to Scale with High Quality Instructional Practice: Exploring Strategies in New Jersey's SSI
Firestone, W. W., Bulkley, K., Camilli, G. G. & Schorr, R. R.
15/09/99 → 31/08/03
Project: Research
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From central office to portfolio manager in three cities: Responding to the principal-agent problem
Bulkley, K. E., Torres, A. C., Hashim, A. K., Woodward, S., Marsh, J. A., Strunk, K. O. & Harris, D. N., Aug 2021, In: American Journal of Education. 127, 4, p. 597-626 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Institutional logics in los angeles schools: Do multiple models disrupt the grammar of schooling?
Marsh, J. A., Allbright, T. N., Bulkley, K. E., Kennedy, K. E. & Dhaliwal, T. K., 1 Aug 2020, In: American Journal of Education. 126, 4, p. 603-651 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
15 Scopus citations -
Shared Leadership for Learning in Denver’s Portfolio Management Model
Torres, A. C., Bulkley, K. & Kim, T., 1 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Educational Administration Quarterly.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
The Process and Politics of Educational Governance Change in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Denver
Marsh, J. A., Allbright, T. N., Brown, D. R., Bulkley, K. E., Strunk, K. O. & Harris, D. N., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: American Educational Research Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Scopus citations -
Charter school governance and politics
Bulkley, K. E. & Henig, J. R., 1 Jan 2019, Handbook of Research on School Choice. Taylor and Francis, p. 118-131 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review