Rich Milner

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Vanderbilt University

  • Nashville TN

Expert on urban education and teacher education, centering on equity and diversity.

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Biography

Rich Milner is a researcher, scholar and leader of urban education and teacher education. Centering on equity and diversity, he has spent hundreds of hours observing teachers’ practices and interviewing educators and students in urban schools about micro-level policies that shape students’ opportunities to learn.

He examines the social context of classrooms and schools and looks at how the ways in which teachers talk (particularly about race) influences student learning, identity and development.

His research in urban schools and his book, “’These Kids are out of Control:’ Why We Must Reimagine Classroom Management,” (Corwin Press, 2018) has influenced designs and practices of teacher education courses and programs.

Areas of Expertise

Achievement Gap
Urban Education
Teacher effectiveness in urban schools
Social Context of Education
Urban Teacher Education
African American Literature
Teacher Education
Education and Race
Educational Policy and Leadership
Race
Opportunity gap

Accomplishments

Delivered prestigious AERA Brown Lecture - 2019

American Educational Research Association

AERA Fellow - 2016

American Educational Research Association

John Dewey Society Outstanding Achievement Award - 2106

American Educational Research Association

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Education

The Ohio State University

Doctor of Philosophy

Educational Policy and Leadership

2001

The Ohio State University

Master of Arts

Educational Policy and Leadership

2000

South Carolina State University

Master of Arts

English Education

1997

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Affiliations

  • Editor-in-Chief, Urban Education
  • Founding Book Series Editor, Race and Education, Harvard Education Press

Selected Media Appearances

OPINION: The time has come to stop assigning letter and number grades

The Hechinger Report  online

2021-06-17

Schools should move away from assigning letter and numeric grades during the pandemic and beyond. It’s time to eliminate both the way we grade and the grades we have assigned in the past. No student should be told that he, she or they are failing — particularly during or after the pandemic.

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At the Capitol, There Was Much Ado About Critical Race Theory — or Was There?

Nashville Scene  online

2021-05-26

“Critical race theory is a theoretical framework that emerged from critical legal studies to analyze the ways in which race and racism intersects with laws,” says Rich Milner, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt Peabody College.

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27% of teachers are considering quitting because of Covid, survey finds

CNBC  online

2020-12-14

Richard Milner, professor of education at Vanderbilt University says these figures do not surprise him.

“In fact, I suspect those numbers will probably increase over time,” he says. “Many teachers are barely keeping their heads above water and we don’t know how much longer we’re going to be in this space.”

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