Amanda Rutherford

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    It’s good for students when parents work with teachers to design and produce their education.

It’s good for students when parents work with teachers to design and produce their education.

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The New York City Department of Education has long recognized the role of parent involvement in student academic achievement. Indeed, parents and teachers can work together to ‘coproduce’ educational services to benefit student achievement. However, we do not know what kind of coproduction directly and effectively supports educational attainment. In a new research, Julio Zambrano-Gutiérrez, Amanda Rutherford, and Sean […]

November 9th, 2017|Amanda Rutherford, Education, Julio Zambrano-Gutiérrez, Sean Nicholson-Crotty|0 Comments|
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    School boards were more likely to have Latino members in counties covered by the language assistance provisions of the now defunct Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act.

School boards were more likely to have Latino members in counties covered by the language assistance provisions of the now defunct Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act.

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More than two years ago the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, meaning that certain districts and states would no longer need to gain preclearance from the U.S. District Court before making changes to electoral rules. In new research, Melissa Marschall and Amanda Rutherford look at the effects language assistance provisions, Sections 203 and […]

July 6th, 2015|Amanda Rutherford, Education, Elections and party politics across the US, Melissa Marschall|0 Comments|
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    Performance funding policies in higher education have had little effect on student outcomes.

Performance funding policies in higher education have had little effect on student outcomes.

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Performance and cost efficiency concerns have taken center stage in discussions about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. One of the primary manifestations of these concerns is the rise of performance funding policies, or policies that seek to directly link state appropriations to the outcomes institutions generate for students.  In a study of over 500 […]

August 26th, 2014|Amanda Rutherford, Education, Healthcare and public services, Thomas Rabovsky|4 Comments|
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    In majority Democratic school districts, African Americans gain significantly more representation in at-large elections.

In majority Democratic school districts, African Americans gain significantly more representation in at-large elections.

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Research on electoral structure has often touted single member districts to be beneficial for achieving minority representation.  In a study of a national sample of school board elections between 2002 and 2008, Kenneth J. Meier and Amanda Rutherford find an unanticipated trend—African Americans are now over-represented on school boards with at-large elections when they are a minority of the […]

June 9th, 2014|Amanda Rutherford, Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Kenneth J. Meier|0 Comments|
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