Michelle Hall

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Michelle Hall
Director of Accreditation and Assessment,
Chapman University

Michelle Hall is director of accredidation and assessment at Chapman University's Attallah College of Educational Studies, where she oversees management of Attallah College's program improvement system. Her research examines the ways in which power and politics affect and are affected by education reform policies. Her most recent research focuses on the role of local democratic engagement in statewide finance and accountability reforms in California. In her work as a researcher for PACE, Hall served as a member of a statewide research team documenting the impact and early implementation the Local Control Funding Formula in California. In 2018, she received a California Education Policy Fellowship Program fellowship, sponsored by the Institute for Educational Leadership. She received her PhD in the politics of education from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

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Publications by Michelle Hall
Insights from California's Local Control Funding Formula
This policy brief focuses on California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to provide guidance for involving the public in goal setting and resource distribution decisions. It highlights weak accountability for using public funds by LCFF’s…
This article uses case studies to explore how district administrators' conceptions of equity relate to finance reform implementation. The authors identify two conceptions of equity: greater resources for students with greater needs, and equal…
Practices and Supports Employed in CORE Districts and Schools
This study explores ten "outlier schools" in California's CORE districts that have strong social-emotional learning outcomes. The brief and infographic summarize the various practices found in these schools and the common implementation challenges…
A Multidistrict Analysis of Statewide Mandated Democratic Engagement
This article examines the democratic participation in the first-year implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) by analyzing data from 10 districts. It finds that power imbalances, institutional habits, and limited capacity…