Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2020-07-01 Opportunities and Obstacles to Making Innovation a Priority in EducationCentral Questions in Education.  11:167-178. 2020-07-01
2019-09-01 Standing for Public EducationChange: The Magazine of Higher Learning.  7-11. 2019-09-01
2019-01-01 A Step We Should Take to Curb School ViolenceEdNC2019-01-01
2016-03-01 How Did Successful High Schools Improve Their Graduation RatesJournal of At-Risk Issues.  19:10-19. 2016-03-01
2012-07-01 The Evolution of Teacher Candidates’ Thinking: Coming to Consciousness and Developing ConscienceTeaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry and Reflective Practice.  26:58-73. 2012-07-01
2011-03-01 Mr Watson Come Here....: The performance of early college students in their first year at the university and the challenge to P-16 educationImproving Schools.  14:30-48. 2011-03-01
2010-07-01 Peabody Journal of Education Special EditionPeabody Journal of Education.  85. 2010-07-01
2010-07-01 The Premise and Promise of Small Learning CommunitiesPeabody Journal of Education.  85. 2010-07-01

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2017-05-01 The Fallacy of School Grades: Exploring the Myth that Public Shaming Leads to School Improvement.  Enduring Myths that Inhibit School Turnaround. 297-318. 2017-05-01
2016-06-01 Taken by the Numbers: How Value-Added Measures Distort our View of Teachers' Work.  Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning. 634-651. 2016-06-01
2010-08-01 Finding a Tipping Point.  Teaching as Moral Practice. 141-161. 2010-08-01

Document

Year Title Altmetric
2021-07-01 What is educational innovation? Here are some common themes. 2021-07-01
2021-05-01 Collaboration and Innovation in a Pandemic Offer Promise for a New DirectionEdNC. 2021-05-01
2021-03-01 The Genie is out of the Bottle: Exploring Opportunities to Rethink Public EducationEdNC. 2021-03-01
2013-12-01 Urgent wake Up call from NC teachersRaleigh News and Observer. 2013-12-01

Report

Year Title Altmetric
2014-04-01 The Public Schools Our Children Deserve? North Carolina Residents React to State Legislative Changes. 23. 2014-04-01

Presentations

Co-principal Investigator On

  • GradNation Summit 2015-10-01 - 2016-04-01
  • Successful DropOut Prevention Programs in NC 2010-11-01 - 2011-04-01
  • Full Name

  • Robert W Smith