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Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara, Assistant Professor,
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

252 Ritter Hall
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Ritter Hall, College of Education
Philadelphia, PA 19122

phone/fax: (215) 204-8184 / (215) 204-2743
maia.cucchiara@temple.edu

Education

2007, Ph.D. Education and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
1997, M.A. Elementary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
1993, B.A. History, Carleton College

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Education Policy and Politics
  • Sociology of Education
  • Urban Education
  • Equity and Access
  • Families and Schools
  • Qualitative Research

My research focuses on education policy in urban contexts. I am particularly interested in the connections between education policy and practices and broader social, economic, and political processes, such as urban deindustrialization and “revitalization.” I am also interested in issues of race and class and schooling, and especially the ways race and class shape parental involvement in education. I am currently working on two projects: a multisite examination of policies and practices designed to promote urban revitalization by attracting middle-class parents to public schools and a study of economic integration in urban settings.

Recent Scholarship

Cucchiara, M.  and Horvat, E.  “The Perils and Promises of Middle-Class Parental Involvement in Economically Integrated Urban Schools:  A Comparative Analysis.”  (under review).

Gold, E., Cucchiara, M., and Simon, E.  (forthcoming).  Market-oriented Education Reforms:  The Cost to Civic Capacity in Philadelphia.   Voices in Urban Education.

Gold, E., Simon, E., and Cucchiara, M.  (forthcoming).  “The Prospects for Public Engagement in a Privatizing System:  A Case Study of Philadelphia, 2001-2007.”  In J. Rogers and M. Orr (Eds.). 

Cucchiara, M.  “Re-Branding Urban Schools: Urban Revitalization, Education, and Marketing Public Schools to Upper-Middle-Class Parents.  Journal of Education Policy (March 2008).

Gold, E., Simon, E., Cucchiara, M., Riffer, M., and Mitchell, C.  “A Philadelphia Story:  Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in Privatizing System.”  Philadelphia, PA:  Research for Action (December 2007).

Gold, E., Cucchiara, M., Simon, E. & Riffer, M.  “Time to Engage: Civic Participation in Philadelphia’s School Reform.”   (Research Brief)  Philadelphia, PA: Research for Action (2005).

Cucchiara, M. “The Evolution of Reform: Studying ‘Community Partnerships’ in Philadelphia.” Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2 (2003).