Professor

2210C Benjamin Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-3587
malen@wam.umd.edu

Ph.D., University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
Joined faculty in 1994.

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• Malen, B. (2003). "Tightening their grip?" Educational Policy, 17, (2), 1995-216.



• Malen, B., Croninger, R., Muncey, D. & Jones, D. (2002). "Reconstituting schools: Testing the Theory of action," Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24, (2), 113-132.



• Croninger, R. G. & Malen, B. (2002). "The role of school governance in the creation of school community," in K. Leithwood & P. Hallinger (Eds). Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration, pp. 281-320. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.



• Redmond Jones, D. & Malen, B. (2002) "Sources of victory, seeds of defeat: Linking enactment politics and implementation developments," in W. Hoy & C. Miskel (Eds.) Theory and Research in Educational Administration, Inaugural volume, 41-76.



• Malen, B. (2001). Generating interest in interest groups. In H. Mawhinney & C. Lugg (Eds.), The 2000 Politics of Education Association Special Issue on Interest Groups in United States Education, Educational Policy, 15, 168-186.



• Theobald, N. & Malen, B. (Eds.), (2000). Balancing local control and state responsibility k-12 education. The 2000 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association.



• Malen, B. & Muncey, D. (2000). Creating `a new set of givens'? The impact of state activism on site autonomy. In N.D. Theobald & B. Malen (Eds). Balancing local control and state responsibility for k-12 education, The 2000 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.



• Malen, B., Theobald, N. D., & Bardzell, J. (2000). Achieving a `just balance' between local control of schools and state responsibility for k-12 education: Summary observations and research agendas. In N.D. Theobald & B. Malen (Eds). Balancing local control and state responsibility for k-12 education, The 2000 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.



• Malen, B. (1999). The promises and perils of participation on side-based councils. Theory into Practice. 38,(4), 2209-216.



• Malen, B. (1999). On rewards, punishments and possibilities: Teacher compensation as an instrument for education reform. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 12, 387-394.



• Malen. B. (1999). Reflections on political responses to policy research. Educational Policy, 13, 185-190.



• Malen, B., & Knapp, M. (1997). Rethinking the multiple perspectives approach to education policy analysis: Implications for policy-practice connections. Journal of Education Policy, 12, 419-445.



• Malen, B. (1994). Site-based management: A political utilities analysis. Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 16, 249-267.

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• Malen, B. & Rice, J. K. (2003). "Strengthening incentives, diluting capacity: An analysis of the initial effects of high stakes accountability initiatives on local schools." A paper prepared for the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Orlando, FL.



• Rice, J. K. & Malen, B. (2002). "The human costs of education reform: The case of reconstitution." A paper prepared for the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Albuquerque, NM.



• Malen, B. (2001). "Fostering exit, voice or loyalty: The multiple effects of reconstitution." A paper prepared for a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Cincinnati, OH.



• Malen, B. (2000). Reconstitution as promise and punishment: A micropolitical perspective. A paper prepared for a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.



• Malen, B. & Muncey, D. (1999, October). Exploring the tensions between state activism and school autonomy. A paper prepared for the annual conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN.



• Malen, B., Croninger, R., Redmond, D., & Muncey, D. (1999, October). Uncovering the potential contradictions in reconstitution reforms. A paper prepared for the annual conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN.



• Malen, B. (1999, April). Appraising `competing perspectives' on policy. A commentary prepared for a paper session at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.



• Malen, B., Finkelstein, B. F., Croninger, R. & Rice, J.K. (1999, April). Mandating miracles: The implementation of a district-initiated reconstitution reform." A paper prepared for the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

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• Malen, B. & Porton, H. (2002). The Quest for School Improvement: A Case Study of Park Hall Elementary School's Approach to School Improvement. A research monograph prepared for the St. Mary's County Public School District. (grant supported)



• Finkelstein, B., Malen, B., Muncey, D., Rice, J. K. & Croninger, R., with L. Briggs, D. Redmond-Jones, & K. Thrasher (2000). Caught in Contradictions: The First Two Years of a Reconstitution Initiative. A research monograph prepared for broad dissemination of the local report, noted below. (grant supported)



• Finkelstein, B., Malen, B., Muncey, D., Rice, J. K. & Croninger, R., with L. Briggs, D. Redmond-Jones, & K. Thrasher (2000). Caught in Contradictions: The First Two Years of the [Reconstitution] Initiative. A research monograph prepared for a school district.



• Finkelstein, B., Malen, B., Croninger, R.C., Rice, J.K., with others. (1998). In the Early Stages of Reform: A Composite Profile of Three [Reconstituted Schools]. A research report prepared for a school district.



• Malen, B. (1996). Evaluation design: Organizational impact of USJF Initiatives. In B. Finkelstein, B. Malen, J. Rice, & L. Sahin, Designs for Program Evaluation: Assessing the Work of USJF Precollege Education Programs. A background paper commissioned by the US-Japan Foundation and published through the International Center for the Study of Education Policy and Human Values, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

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• EDPL 614 Politics of Education
• EDPL 620 Education Policy Analysis
• EDPL 730 Seminar on Case Study Methods in Education
• EDPL 788E Seminar on Case Study Methods
• EDPL 788P Policy/Program Evaluation and Organizational Decisionmaking
• EDPL 895 Research Critique Seminar

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