Mavis G. Sanders is a senior principal researcher at th
Learning Policy Institute
where she focuses on education policy, equity, and reform.

Education

Sanders received a Bachelor's in Urban Affairs with a concentration in political science from Barnard College/Columbia University in 1987. She received a Master's in Sociology from

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in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences, Policy, and Educational Practice from Stanford in 1995.

Career

From 1987 through 1989 Sanders taught

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and English in

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in the

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. Sanders was faculty at

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and a research scientist at Hopkins' Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk. She was director of Hopkins' Urban Education program and assistant director of the National Network of Partnership Schools. In 2011, she receive
Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award
She was also a professor of education at the

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(UMBC) and from 2017 to 2021 was inaugural director of UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities. In 2021 she moved to Washington DC research institute Child Trends as a senior research scholar.

Reception

In 2003 Pamela S. Angelle reviewed ''Schooling Students Placed at Risk'' (2000) in the '' Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk''. In reviewing Sanders' 2005 ''Building School-Community Partnerships'' (reprinted in 2015), Soo Hong, writing in the Harvard Educational Review, said educators would find her work "a refreshing change." Hong notes that Sanders "makes two important distinctions as she lays the groundwork for her book: that community is not constrained by the geographical boundaries of neighborhoods, and that parental involvement — a part of community involvement — is not the focus of her book" and that the book challenges educators to work in ways that "move beyond a mere focus on parental involvement" and offers multiple concrete actionable ways to do so. In 2020, Reuben Jacobson reviewed Sanders' latest book "Reviewing the Success of Full-Service Community Schools in the US: Challenges and Opportunities for Students, Teachers, and Communities" (with Claudia Galindo) in the School Community Journal.

Research interests

Sanders studies education, racial equity, youth development, Black families and children, and full-service community schools.

Selected publications

Sanders has authored over 60 publications including: * * * * * * *Hrabowski, F. & Sanders, M. (2015, Winter)
Strengthening Diversity in the Teaching Force: One University’s Perspective
Thought & Action (The NEA Higher Education Journal), 32, 101-116. *Sanders, M. (2015). Leadership, Partnerships, and Organizational Development: Exploring Components of Effectiveness in Three Full-service Community Schools
School Effectiveness and School Improvement
27(2), 1-2
doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2015.1030432
*Galindo, C., Sanders, M., & Abel, Y. (2017). Transforming Educational Experiences in Low Income Communities: A Qualitative Case Study of Social Capital in a Full-Service Community School
American Educational Research Journal
Centennial Edition, 54(1S), 140-163.doi.org/10.3102/0002831216676571 *

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Mavis American women academics Stanford University alumni Barnard College alumni Johns Hopkins University faculty University of Maryland, Baltimore County faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)