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Consultant, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

Consultant-Developer, Tennessee Charter Schools Association

Member, Nashville 2040 Metropolitan Planning Initiative

Member, Technical Working Group, Magnet Schools Assistance Program,  U.S. Department of Education

Consultant, Metro Nashville Public Schools/Metro Legal Department.

Localism rediscovered: Toward new political understandings in school district governance

The desegregation aims and demographic contexts of magnet schools: How parents choose and why siting policies matter

HOPE VI neighborhoods and neighborhood schools: Understanding how revitalized neighborhoods influence school environments

The influence of local conditions on social service partnerships, parent involvement, and community engagement in neighborhood schools

Beyond the tipping point: Issues of racial diversity in magnet schools following unitary status

This book examines ways in which school structures can change to increase parental involvement.This book offers a response to the policy failures associated with parent involvement in schools by arguing against traditional, piecemeal approaches to enhancing parent involvement in schools, and amplifying the importance of parents’ social networks in the discussion of family-school partnerships. The interaction between social structure and school organization provides compelling indications of the need to recast the concept of parent involvement to one of community building.

The Impact of School Choice and Community: In the Interest of Families and Schools (SUNY series, Youth Social Services, Schooling, and Public Policy)

From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A guide to interpreting in the U.S. justice system offers a wealth of information that will assist aspiring court interpreters in providing linguistic minorities with access to fair and expeditious judicial proceedings. The guide will familiarize prospective court interpreters and students interested in court interpreting with the nature, purpose and language of pretrial, trial and post-trial proceedings. Documents, dialogues and monologues illustrate judicial procedures; the description of court hearings with transcripts creates a realistic model of the stages involved in live court proceedings.The innovative organization of this guide mirrors the progression of criminal cases through the courts and provides readers with an accessible, easy-to-follow format. It explains and illustrates court procedure as well as provides interpreting exercises based on authentic materials from each successive stage. This novel organization of materials around the stages of the judicial process also facilitates quick reference without the need to review the entire volume ― an additional advantage that makes this guide the ideal interpreters’ reference manual. Supplementary instructional aids include recordings in English and Spanish and a glossary of selected legal terms in context.

From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A guide to interpreting in the U.S. justice system (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series)

Claire Smrekar conducts qualitative research studies related to the social context of education and public policy, with specific focus on the impact of desegregation plans and choice policies on families, schools and neighborhoods. She is currently studying the effects of private school markets and demographic trends on school voucher plans. She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice on school segregation cases.

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Charter School Education

Demographic Trends in Schools

School Choice

Private Schools

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Segregation

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For some students, Nashville isn’t the 'it city.' It’s the 'inequity city'

DeVos Digs Herself Deeper

Williamson County Schools parents raise millions for education

What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as ‘shining example’

Consider Different Types of Public High Schools

Could Mississippi integration ruling trigger 'white flight'?

Mississippi city ordered to desegregate schools 60 years after landmark ruling

How the Department of Defense schools are teaching their version of Common Core math

Does Race Matter? The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation in American Cities

Examining the Learning and Leadership Outcomes of the EdD Capstone

Associate Professor of Leadership, Policy and Organizations

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