ESA Research
Grow Your Own: Building an Outreach Teacher Education Program in Rural Oregon
By: Holly Hill, Director of Human Resources, Douglas Educational Services District; Dr. Mindie Dieu, Assistant Professor, Eugene Campus Director, Pacific University; Dr. Karren Timmermans, Professor, Douglas County Program Coordinator, Pacific University According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, the national teacher shortage disproportionately affects rural school districts and “[t]he more rural the school the more…
Read MoreGetting Better Together: Innovations for Rural Learners and Communities
Citation: Harmon, H. L., & Butler, T. A. (2019). Getting better together: Innovations for rural learners and communities. Perspectives: A Journal of Research and Practice of Educational Service Agencies, Volume 25(1). By Hobart L. Harmon Thomas A. Butler Is your Educational Service Agency (ESA) getting better at meeting the needs of school districts? Are educated learners…
Read MoreThe Iowa AEA State Network: A Model Regional Governance Entity
The Iowa AEA State Network: A Model Regional Governance Entity Ronald S. Fielder, Ph.D. Robert “Bob” Stephens, Ph.D. Posthumous, March 16, 1929 – February 8, 2017 August 25, 2016 Revised May, 2018 This is the revised Executive Summary of a much more comprehensive article/monograph finalized in August of 2016. The full article is available from AESA and/or…
Read MoreIncreasing Social Capital in Appalachia
Developing an understanding of what conditions are necessary for student agency to have an impact on community vitality By Joseph Goins Executive Summary In the spring of 2017, Digital Promise, along with the Kauffman Foundation, sponsored a planning grant to research the nature of education innovation clusters (EICs). The research was aimed at addressing the…
Read MoreA response to Olwell and Welby Perspectives article
Introduction: In a recent Perspectives article, Different Structures, Different Worlds: ESAs Serving Students and Districts in Michigan and Massachusetts, Olwell and Welby compared ESAs in Michigan to Massachusetts. In her response article below, Dr. Schuman more closely examines the work of ESAs in Massachusetts. Read the original article here, published February 2018 A response to Olwell and…
Read MoreComparing ESA Roles
Different Structures, Different Worlds: ESAs Serving Students and Districts in Michigan and Massachusetts By Russell Olwell and Kathryn Welby Merrimack College Introduction: Comparing and contrasting the role of ESAs in two states Educational Service Agencies, or ESAs, are a key part of the nation’s educational infrastructure, but their forms and roles can vary greatly between…
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