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Scanlan’s new work
My friend and colleague Martin Scanlan from Marquette University has been doing really interesting work on the creation of “Neighborhood Educational Opportunity Zones” (also sometimes referred to as area-based initiatives or ecological reforms).
Read morecross-sector coordination in the US and beyond
The widespread devastation of Hurricane Sandy provide another clear reminder of how “everyday things” like shelter, food, safety, and transportation can quickly be swept away. Andrew Zolli’s recent book “Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back” sheds some interesting light on how capacity to respond to such events and occurrences can be more purposefully developed.
Read moreIdentifying students
The first days of school tend to be the time when many students are identified as homeless and, thus, eligible for services and opportunities afforded by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Beyond this first week, however–when schools are in purposeful, systematic “identification mode,” we need to develop structures for ongoing identification of those who are […]
Read moreComplexities of cross-sector action
Our summer seminar on “Homelessness, Families, and Schools” hosted an engaging conversation with Barabra Poppe, the Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), with one of the central issues of discussion being the need for — and complexities of — cross-sector action in addressing homelessness.
Read moreTechnocratic vs. Justice Orientations
One of the most interesting and important findings from my research of community-level responses to poverty and homelessness over the past several years relates to the distinctions–and considerable intersections–among and between “technocratic” and “justice” orientations of service.
Read moreDefining homelessness
Attempts to work across sectors to address homelessness have been complicated in years past in part due to different basic definitions of homelessness. Some recent changes from HUD might improve matters…
Read moreFreirean Leadership
Building upon my previous post on neighborhood effects, this article that I wrote with Tanya Brown and Rodney Hopson describes a “Freirean perspective” of educational leadership… Urban Education article by Miller, Brown, and Hopson
Read morePolicy Matters
A brief video introducing recent publication from Educational Policy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOfKooWD8Qw
Read moreResearch Update
A video update on Prof. Miller’s recent research directions and interests. He points to his rising interest in Ronald Burt’s theory of “Structural Holes,” Promise Neighborhoods, and what he calls, “Educational Leadership on a Social Frontier.”
Read morePress Conference at WISPIRG
This talk was given on Nov 15, 2010 as a kickoff to “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week,” sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG).
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