Lynne Miller
Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership, Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine
Chapter Member: Maine SSN
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About Lynne
Miller’s work focuses on issues related to teaching and the role of teachers as leaders in democratizing education. She also teaches, writes, and makes presentations about the ways that schools, colleges, and public policies disadvantage first generation-to-college and low income students. She is currently leading an effort to design and implement a PhD in Public Policy and Educational Leadership at the University of Southern Maine in collaboration with the Muskie School of Public Service. She has also campaigned for marriage equality and women’s reproductive rights. She is a member of J Street and is currently involved in efforts to form a Portland chapter.
Contributions
How the Ryan Budget Would Undercut American Education
Basic Facts Brief,
In the News
Opinion: "Want to Improve Schools? Listen to Teachers.," Lynne Miller, Bangor Daily News, June 6, 2017.
Opinion: "Grading Schools Based on Conservative Ideals," Lynne Miller, Bangor Daily News, May 14, 2013.
Opinion: "How the Ryan Budget Would Impact Maine Schools and Students," Lynne Miller, Bangor Daily News, September 18, 2012.
Opinion: "The ABC's of School Success? Not Quite, LePage.," Lynne Miller, Bangor Daily News, August 7, 2012.
Guest on MSNBC, November 4, 2009.
Publications
"Learning Communities: The Starting Point for Professional Learning is in Schools and Classrooms" (with ). Journal of Staff Development 32, no. 4 (2011): 16-22.
Reviews five research studies on professional communities and identifies their essential social practices and the challenges they face.
"Teachers in Professional Communities: Improving Teaching and Learning" (with ) (Teachers College Press, 2008).
Argues for democratic teacher communities as agents for change in schools. The first section of the book provides an empirical foundation and theoretical framework for understanding these communities. The second section of the book contains six essays written by practicing teachers who describe the work of their professional communities.
"Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities" (with ), in The Keys to Effective Schools: Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement, Second Edition, edited by Willis D. Hawley and Donald L. Rollie (Corwin Press, 2007), 74-86.
Reviews three bodies of literature that support approaches to professional development for teachers that go beyond the “training model” and engage teachers in self-governed collegial groups, networks, and collaboratives.
"Teacher Leadership" (with ) (John Wiley and Sons, 2000).
Makes the case that teachers can and should assume leadership in reshaping schools on behalf of student learning, using data from case studies and current research.
"Teachers, Their World and Their Work" (with ) (Teachers College Press, 1984).
Identifies the complex challenges that teachers face in schools and makes the case for placing teachers at the center of school reform.