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John Diamond, Associate Professor of Education

Harvard University

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John B. Diamond is an Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a sociologist who studies how race, ethnicity, and social class intersect with school leadership, practices, and policies to shape the educational opportunities and outcomes of children. His recent research includes a four-year study of urban school leadership (The Distributed Leadership Study); work on the implementation of high stakes accountability policy in urban schools; a study of race, social class, and student achievement in suburban schools; and a study of the development and diffusion of teachers' expectations of students. For the last study, Diamond was the recipient of a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. In addition to the NAE/Spencer Fellowship, he has received research awards from the National Science Foundation and the American Educational Research Association/Institute for Education Sciences. He is currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study working on his current book project tentatively entitled  Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools (with Amanda Lewis). Teachers College Press will publish his co-edited volume Distributed Leadership in Practice this summer.

Papers on the AGI website:

June 2006

Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Rethinking Oppositional Culture Explanations for the Black/White Achievement Gap

Video presentations on the AGI website:

June 2006	The broader racial context and achievement
June 2007	School Structures, Expectations, and Peer Dynamics in a Multiracial High School
June 2008	Discussion: Raising Achievement and Narrowing Gaps in Montgomery County, MD