Kenneth R. Howe

University of Colorado at Boulder

Kenneth R. Howe is a professor in the Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice program area, and director of the Education and the Public Interest Center at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder. Professor Howe specializes education ethics, policy, and research methodology. His most recent research has focused on school choice. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy/education (joint), and MA in philosophy and BA in philosophy from Michigan State University.

E-mail Kenneth R. Howe at ken.howe@colorado.edu

Publications
How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education
Policy Brief
Kenneth R. Howe
David E. Meens
October 16, 2012
Review of The State of State Standards 2006
Think Tank Review
Kenneth R. Howe
September 11, 2006
On School Choice and Test-Based Accountability
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Damian W. Betebenner
Kenneth R. Howe
Samara S. Foster
January 1, 2005
An Assessment of Colorado's Charter Schools: Implications for Policy
Policy Brief
Kenneth R. Howe
Samara S. Foster
January 1, 2005
Deliberative Democratic Evaluation: Successes and Limitations of an Evaluation of School Choice
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2005
A Critique of Experimentalism
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2004
An Analysis of Colorado's School Voucher Proposals
Policy Brief
Kenneth R. Howe
Kevin G. Welner
January 1, 2003
Free Market Free-for-All
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
April 10, 2002
Implications for the Use of the ACT Within the Colorado Student Assessment Program
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2002
School Choice and the Pressure to Perform: Déjà Vu for Children with Disabilities?
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
Kevin G. Welner
January 1, 2002
Free Market Free-for-All
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2002
School Choice Crucible: A Case Study of Boulder Valley
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Damian W. Betebenner
Margaret Eisenhart
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2001
A Study of Boulder Valley School District's Open Enrollment Program
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 2000
Ethics in Educational Research
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1999
The Interpretive Turn and the New Debate in Education
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1998
Understanding Equal Educational Opportunity: Social Justice, Democracy and Schooling
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1997
Standards, Assessment, and Equality of Educational Opportunity
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1994
Ethics, Institutional Review Boards, and the Changing Face of Educational Research
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1993
Liberal Democracy, Equal Educational Opportunity and the Challenge of Multiculturalism
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1992
Getting Over the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1992
Validity in Educational Research
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1992
Standards for Qualitative (and Quantitative) Research: A Prolegomenon
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1990
In Defense of Outcomes-Based Conceptions of Equal Educational Opportunity
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1989
Against the Quantitative-Qualitative Incompatibility Thesis (Or Dogmas Die Hard)
Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kenneth R. Howe
January 1, 1988