Department of Educational Administration

B.S., University of Maine at Farmington, 1958
M.Ed., University of Maine at Orono, 1961
Ed.D., Stanford University, 1965

Books

Scribner, J.D., with P. Reyes & A. Paredes Scribner (Eds.), (1997). Creating learning communities: Lessons from high performing Hispanic schools. (Under review by Teachers College Press).

Scribner, J.D. & Layton, D. (1995). The study of educational politics: The 1994 commemorative yearbook of the politics of education association (1969-1994). London: Falmer Press.

Scribner, J.D. (Ed.) (1977). The politics of education. The seventy-sixth yearbook of the National society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Scribner, J.D. & Layton, D. (Eds.) (1989). Teaching educational politics and policy. Tempe, AZ: University Council of Educational Administration.

Chapters

Scribner, J.D. (1989). Teaching politics of education courses: Content and topics. Teaching educational politics and policy. Tempe, AZ: University Council of Educational Administration.

Scribner, J.D. (1995). Family involvement and student success: Implications for Texas borderland schools. South Texas Institute for Educational Research and Development, Region 1. Edinburg, TX (with M. Young).

Scribner, J.D. (1985). Colleges of education in urban universities. In Charles, D. & Mattes, W. (Eds.). The future of professional preparation in education. NSSE Yearbook. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Scribner, J.D. & O'Shea, D. (1974). Political developments in urban school districts. In C. Wayne Gordon (Ed.). Sociology of Education, 1974 NSSE Yearbook. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Articles

Scribner, J.D., & Fusarelli, L. (1996). Rethinking the nexus between religion and political culture: Implications for educational policy. Education and Urban Society (28), 3, pp. 279-292.

Scribner, J.D. & Marshall, C. (Eds.). (1991). The micropolitics of education. Education and Urban Society, 23(4).

Scribner, J.D. (1983, July). Excellence costs: Defending a nation at risk. School Business Affairs Magazine. (Note: This publication won an award and was republished as an Editor's Choice for the January 1984 issue).

Scribner, J.D. (1970, January). The politics of educational reform: Analyses of political demands. Urban Education, 4(4), 348-374.

Scribner, J.D. (1996, Fall). A functional-systems framework for analyzing school board action. Educational Administration Quarterly, 2(3), 204-215 (This first article to apply political systems framework to educational phenomena).

Migrant Education Policy & Practices, Texas Education Agency, Co-Director, $505,116, September, competitively awarded; 1996.

Effective Border Schools Research Initiative, Co-Director (South Texas Institute Research Initiative for Educational Development, Region One, Education Service Center) ($406,000); competitively awarded; 1995.

Educational Productivity Council's Consortium of School Districts and Schools, Director, $350,000, 1995; $130,000, 1994; $114,000, 1993.

Bilingual Education Dean's Grant, Director ($132,000) from the Office of Bilingual Education, U.S. Department of Education; competitively awarded; 1981-1984.

Dean's Grant to Redesign Professional Education Programs. ($217,946) from Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education; competitively awarded; 1981-1984.

Planning Grant for Cooperative Staff Development Program, Sierra Leone. ($24,000) from UNESCO/UNDP; competitively awarded; 1981-1984.

Multilingual Evaluation, Resource, Information and Training (MERIT Center). (1.9M) from the Office of Bilingual Education, U.S. Office of Education; competitively awarded; 1976-1981.

Temple European Army Mission (Institutional Project). ($23M) from United States Army, Department of Defense; competitively awarded; 1980-1982.

Staff Development Program (Nigeria). ($703,059) from the UNESCO/UNDP/Bendel State, Nigeria; competitively awarded; 1978-1982.

Leadership Training Project for Urban Leaders. ($1,392,521) from the Educational Personnel Development Branch, United States Office of Education; competitively awarded annually; 1970-1975.

Development of Managers of Change. ($387,500) from the Educational Personnel Development Branch, United States Office of Education; competitively awarded; 1973-1974.

School Community Advisory Council Study. ($6,500) from the Spencer Foundation; competitively awarded; 1972-1973.

Professor Scribner's research focuses on educational politics and policy at two levels: (1) micro-level studies involving inquiry into (a) the effects of organizational politics (conflict, power, policy) on change within schools, and (b) community participation/parental involvement and student success; and (2) macro-level studies involving inquiry into (a) effects on institutional collaboration among school districts, universities and communities, and (b) effects on political culture on state and local educational policy.

Professor Scriber has conducted studies within large urban areas, such as Los Angeles and Philadelphia, and in smaller communities throughout the State of Texas, particularly in the Borderland Schools. His research has been supported by major federal, state and foundation grants, and has involved graduate students and other faculty. In addition to the research grants, Scribner has been successful in receiving funding support for major training grants for pre-service, and in-service educators. While Dean of the College of Education at Temple University, he participated in the acquisition of $1.9 million and $23 million grants for Multilingual research and training, training of military personnel to teach recruits in the basic skills. He also developed an international program with Abraka Teachers College in Nigeria where faculty provided an on site masters program for African teachers/administrators. He recently co-directed a Border School Research and Development Initiative and a national study on migrant education policy funded by the Texas Education Agency.