education policy analysis archives

Federico R. Waitoller
https://uic.academia.edu/FedericoWaitoller

University of Illinois at Chicago
United States

Federico R. Waitoller is an assistant professor in the department of special education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on urban inclusive education. In particular his interests include policies affecting inclusive education reform, teacher learning, school/university partnerships, and racial inequities in special education. Dr. Waitoller has published his work in national and international journals and in edited volumes, and he is the co-editor of Inclusive Education: Examining Equity in Five Continents by Harvard Education Press. Dr. Waitoller was honored with the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship and most recently with a Faculty Fellowship from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy.

Elizabeth B. Kozleski
The University of Kansas
United States

Professor Elizabeth B. Kozleski chairs the Special Education program at the University of Kansas. Her work theorizing systemic change for equity, inclusive education, and professional learning for urban schools is well recognized nationally and internationally. Her book, Ability, Equity, and Culture: Sustaining Inclusive Urban Education Reform, was published in 2014. Her research interests include the analysis of models of systems change in urban and large school systems, examining how teachers learn in practice in complex, diverse school settings, researching multicultural educational practices that improve student learning and the impact of professional learning schools on student and teacher learning.