Taylor N. Allbright
Share
Taylor N. Allbright
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership,
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Taylor N. Allbright is an assistant professor in the Educational Leadership Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Allbright's teaching and scholarship are grounded in a passion for advancing equity in K–12 schools. She also seeks to bridge research, policy, and practice with scholarship that directly informs the work of educational leaders. Prior to pursuing a doctoral degree, she taught high school English and ethnic studies in Hayward, California. Allbright received her PhD in urban education policy from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.
updated 2019
Publications by Taylor N. Allbright
This article examines how district administrators’ conceptions of equity relate to the implementation of finance reform. The authors use sensemaking theory and four views of equity—libertarian, liberal, democratic liberal, and transformative—to…
California’s shift towards continuous improvement in education makes understanding how districts and schools can learn to improve a more pressing question than ever. The CORE Improvement Community (CIC), a network of California school…
Practices and Supports Employed in CORE Districts and Schools
Social-emotional learning refers to the beliefs, attitudes, personality traits, and behaviors that students need to succeed in school and life. Our study looks closely at ten “outlier schools” in California’s CORE districts whose students report…
Early Implementation Findings from the CORE Waiver Districts
California and the nation are at the crossroads of a major shift in school accountability policy. At the state level, California’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) encourages the use of multiple measures of school performance used…