Research
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Butler, A., & Quarles, B. (2024). “It’s a chance, not a choice”: Black families, school choice, and gentrification in Washington, D.C. Teachers College Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/0161468124124287
Alvarado, J., & Butler, A., (2023). “Close and desirable for whom?”: Parents traversing racialized spaces and places in gentrifying U.S. schools. Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2023.2235049
Butler, A., & Boggs, R. (2023). Commanding through change: A conceptual model for school leadership amid gentrification. Journal of School Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846231169780
Bierbaum, A.H., Butler, A., & O’Keefe, E. (2022). School-centered community development and a quest for spatial justice: Exploring competing theories of action in Baltimore. Planning Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2022.2113556
Bierbaum, A.H., Butler, A., & O’Keefe, E. (2022). School-centered community development: Lessons from Baltimore’s 21st Century School Buildings Program. Community Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2022.2123015
Butler, A. (2022). What’s best for my child, what’s best for the city: Values and tensions in parent gentrifiers’ middle and high school selection processes. Urban Review, 54, 255-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00614-1.
Butler A, Bierbaum A, O’Keefe E. (2022). Leveraging community schools for community development: Lessons from Baltimore’s 21st Century School Buildings Program. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221107615
Bierbaum, A., O’Keefe, E., & Butler, A. (2020). Baltimore's school-centered neighborhood investments: An analysis of the implementation and emerging outcomes of the 21st Century School Buildings Program. Available here.
Butler, A., & Sinclair, K. A. (2020). Place matters: A critical review of place inquiry and spatial methods in education research. Review of Research in Education, 44(1), 64–96. https://doi.org/10.3102/0091732X20903303.
Quarles, B., & Butler, A. (2018). Toward a multivocal research agenda on school gentrification: A critical review of current literature, Peabody Journal of Education, 94(4), pp. 450-464. DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2018.1488399.
Blogs, Op-Eds, and Other Writing
The Conversation, July 2022: “Schools are the ‘hubs and hearts’ of neighborhoods – here’s how they can strengthen the communities around them.” Available here.
Chalkbeat, January 2019: “We study school choice and gentrification. Here’s how New York City should prepare for Amazon,” (co-authored with Dr. Allison Roda, Dr. Molly Makris, and Bradley Quarles). Available here.
Greater Greater Washington, December 2018: “DC students are more likely to attend schools that are economically diverse rather than racially diverse.” Available here.
Greater Greater Washington, December 2017: “Gentrification can increase school diversity, a new study of DC shows”. Available here.
Media
Scarpa, S. (2024, January 3). Grant to fund study on school decision making processes. Available here.
Pazniokas, M., & Phaneuf, K.M. (2023, May 2). Poll: Voters like Lamont and tax cuts, open to higher spending. Coverage of Wesleyan University poll of voters. Available here.
Haslam, M. (2020, December 3). UMD report: Baltimore’s school construction Program is a win for students, but less so for neighborhoods. Coverage of report on Baltimore’s 21st Century School Buildings Program. Available here.
Abdul-Alim, J. (2016, April 11). Expert: Student data underutilized in promoting success. Coverage of the 2016 Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Available here.