February 27, 2023 Kappan
Jonathan Collins writes for Kappan, "We’ve seen decades of quiet bipartisan support for colleges and universities that primarily serve Black students. We should demand the same kind of bipartisan support for schools doing this at the K-12 level."
February 1, 2023 The Boston Globe
Jonathan Collins comments for The Boston Globe, “The interesting thing about participatory budgeting is that the deeper you get into it, the more you quickly realize, it is not about the money."
January 30, 2023 Kappan
Jonathan Collines writes for Kappan, "Supporting Black institutions is about more than financial investment. How do they fit into larger institutional arrangements? These are the truly pressing questions we need to ask."
January 19, 2023 Education Week
Jonathan Collins was interviewed by Education Week about the ways that school boards can change routines to build trust with parents.
January 18, 2023 Education Week
Jonathan Collins comments for Education Week, "Political polarization has been growing since the 2000s, and it has engulfed everything in its path, including school boards."
January 5, 2023
Watson Faculty Emily Oster and Jonathan Collins among those recognized in the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
November 28, 2022 Kappan
Jonathan Collins writes for Kappan, "Should schools even have policing? It’s a crucial question because the answers that swarm before us remind us that school policing is a political tool."
November 10, 2022
Assistant Professor Jonathan Collins recently published a paper for the Annenberg Institute at Brown University titled, "They Only Hate the Term: Explaining Opposition to History Curriculum Policy and Critical Race Theory."
November 2, 2022 Fast Company
Assistant Professor Jonathan Collins comments for Fast Company, on the increase of heated and hysterical arguments at public hearings, community and school board meetings.
September 26, 2022 Kappan Online
Jonathan Collins on Kappan Online, "At the most fundamental level, democratic approaches to urban school reform are important not only for practical policy purposes but also for more symbolic reasons."
September 9, 2022 Education Week
Professor Jonathan Collins offered commentary for Education Week on the Texas State Board of Education's decision to delay the revision process of the state's K-12 social studies standards until 2025.
August 24, 2022
Numerous Watson scholars participate in the American Political Science Association annual conference.
July 18, 2022 NBC News
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Education Jonathan Collins offers commentary on the politicization of school boards, which could lead to inaction on new hires and student achievement goals for NBC News.
July 12, 2022 Chalkbeat Tennessee
“The pandemic, and school reopenings in particular, punched the chest of national politics, and education has moved quickly from being local to national to partisan,” Jonathan E. Collins comments for Chalkbeat Tennessee.
May 19, 2022 Education Week
Jonathan Collins explains in Education Week, "What the hateful ideology behind the Buffalo shooting means for educators"
October 4, 2021 Washington Post
Jonathan E. Collins penned this column on his research that found Americans are far more likely to comply with orders that come from the president than those that come from governors or mayors.
August 6, 2021
Jonathan Collins recently authored, "Does the Meeting Style Matter? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings" a study focused on the effects of civic engagement in public meetings.
July 28, 2021 UC Riverside News
A new civic education project for California high schoolers draws on the research of Jonathan Collins, who designs studies that show the value of incorporating elements of deliberation into school district and school-level decision-making.