Jack Gillette, Ph.D.

Director, Teacher Preparation and
Education Studies Program
Lecturer, Sociology

Email:
jack.gillette@yale.edu

URL:
Teacher Preparation and Ed Studies Program

 

 

Jack Gillette directs the Teacher Preparation and Education Studies Program. His writing and research focus on the nature of the task of teaching in context, group and organizational dynamics and school reform.

 

Select Publications

Gillette, J. “ Understanding Schools as Organizations,” in Powell, L. (Ed) Change That Makes a Difference: Group Relations and Educational Reform (In Press).

Gillette, J. Book Review Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the U.S. (Second Edition), Bracey, G . Teacher’s College Record Volume 107 Number 11, 2005.

Gillette, J. Book Review Battling Corruption in America’s Public Schools. Segal, L. Administrative Science Quarterly ( June, 04)

Lawrence, S., Morrison, M.A., Ben-Avie, M., Gillette, J., & Myhre, G. (2004). Identifying the problem you are trying to solve with the Comer Process. In E. T. Joyner, M. Ben-Avie, & J. P. Comer (Eds.), Transforming school leadership and management to support student learning and development: The field guide to Comer schools in action. (pp. 41-51). Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Corwin Press.

Gillette, J. Book Review A Faithful Mirror: Reflections on the College Board and Education in America , Johanek, M (Ed) Teacher’s College Record Volume 106 Number 2, 2003,

Gillette, J. Book Review A Primer: on America’s Schools ,Moe, T. (Ed) Teacher’s College Record, July, 2002

Gillette, J. “It Take a Whole Person: Professional Development and the School Development Program,” in Comer et al. Child by Child, New York, NY: Teacher College Press (1999).

Gillette, J. “At the Heart of Developing Students: The Child Centered Planning Process,” The School Development Program Newsline, Vol. V, #3, Spring, 1997.

Gillette, J. and R. Kranyck “Changing American Schools: Insights from the School Development Program,” in Comer, et al. Rallying the Whole Village New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1996.

Gillette, J. “Child Centered Planning,” The School Development Program Working Papers, 1995.