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Billie Gastic, Assistant Professor of Urban Education
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Ritter Hall 252
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone: 215 204-8072
bgastic@temple.edu

Education

2005 Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Stanford University
2003 M.A., Sociology, Stanford University
2001 Ed.M., Individualized Program in Education, Harvard University
1998 B.A., Economics, Yale University

Areas of Professional Interest

  • School violence and student safety
  • Educational policy
  • Education of Latina/os in the U.S.
  • Quantitative research methods

Recent Scholarship


A Study of the Short-Term Effectiveness of NCLB’s Unsafe School Choice Option to Improve Student Safety and Achievement in Pennsylvania’s Public Schools.

The Unsafe School Choice Option of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: An Analysis of State Definitions of “Persistently Dangerous” Schools.

School Uniforms and Safety of Philadelphia's Public Schools.

Troubling School Safety: Formulating a Student-Centered, Multi-Dimensional Construct.

Website

Complete CV and details about current projects available at :http://astro.temple.edu/~bgastic/