Wesley L. Edwards

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

• Edwards, W., Anderson, C.Q. (2023). Teacher-principal ethnoracial matching, geography, and novice teacher career outcomes. AERA Open.
• Edwards, W., Boggs, R., Reyes, P. (2023). Student-school leader racial/ethnic match, geography, and student disciplinary outcomes.. Journal of School Leadership. Sage.
• David, D., Reyes, P., Carrola, P., Edwards, W., James, L. (2023). Novice principal burnout: Exploring secondary trauma, working conditions, and coping strategies in an urban district. Leadership and Policy in Schools.. Leadership and Policy in Schools.
• Edwards, W., Magill, K. (2022). Rethinking the educational ecology in the wake of COVID: Intellectual solidarity, teacher prestige, and educational humanization.. Policy Futures in Education.
• Edwards, W. (2021). Persistence despite structural barriers: Investigating work environments for Black and Latinx teachers in urban and suburban schools. Urban Education.
• Castro, A., Edwards, W. (2021). Innovation to what end? Exploring the dynamic landscape of Texas teacher preparation pathways.. Education Policy Analysis Archives.
• Jabbar, H., Edwards, W. (2019). Choosing transfer institutions: Examining the decisions of Texas community college students transferring to four-year institutions..
• Diem, S., Holme, J.J., Edwards, W.L., Haynes, M., Epstein, E. (2019). Diversity for whom? Gentrification, demographic change, and the politics of school integration.
• Jabbar, H., Epstein, E., Edwards, W., Sánchez, J. (2019). Diving into the pool: An analysis of Texas community college students’ transfer institution choice sets.. Teachers College Record.
• Edwards, W. (2017). Reflecting on modern public-school teacher experience: An overview of select challenges facing the educator workforce with an emphasis on teachers of color.. Texas Education Review.

Research Report

• Edwards, W.L., Miller, A., Burden, K.Q. (2023). Policy Brief 2023-3: Investigating High School to Teaching Pathways.
• Edwards, W.L., Burden, K.Q., Miller, A. (2023). Policy Brief 2023-4: Paraprofessionals to Teachers.
• Edwards, W.L., Burden, K., Miller, A. (2023). Keeping it Local: Retain More Teachers of Color by Helping Them Work Close to Where They Grew Up.
• Edwards, W.L., Anderson, C. (2023). Policy Brief: Teacher-Principal Ethnoracial Matching, Geography, and New Teacher Career Outcomes.
• Edwards, W. (2020). Retention and mobility patterns for teachers of color in Texas: Examining variation by teacher and campus characteristics.. https://texaserc.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/98-UTA106-Brief-TRM-8.13.20-REV.pdf

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract

• Edwards, W., Kirksey, J. (Co-Principal), "A School Like Mine: Investigating the Influence of Geographic and Demographic Congruence on New Teachers’ Career Trajectories in Texas," sponsored by Department of Teacher Education and Administration, Other, $54000 Funded. (2021 - 2024).

Grant - Research

• Edwards, W., "Investigating North Texas Teacher Pipelines: Analysis of New Teacher Careers and Student Outcomes in Texas," sponsored by Communities Foundation of Texas, Private, $225000 Funded. (2022 - 2024).