College of Education and Human Development

Vita

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Educational Leadership and Policy
Florida State University, 2007

Dissertation: The Relationship between Teacher Quality and Teacher Attrition

M. S., Curriculum and Instruction
University of Southern Mississippi, 2000

Thesis:  An Historical Comparison of Systemic Education Reform Efforts in the United States and the United Kingdom, 1979-2000

B. A., History
University of Southern Mississippi, 1995

COURSES TAUGHT

EDLS 7310: Diversity and Cultural Leadership
EDLS 7750: Proposal Development in Leadership
EDAS 7300: Leadership Practicum/Internship II
EDAS 6300: Leadership Practicum/Internship I
EDAS 6250: School Culture and Instructional/Professional Dev.
EDAS 6210: Introduction to Org. and Leadership Theory

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human Resource Functions in Education
Politics of Education
Cost Analyses of Educational Programs

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Ingle, W. K., & Petroff, R. A. (in press, 2013) Public entrepreneurs and the adoption of broad-based merit aid beyond the Southeastern United States. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (54). 

Ingle, W. K., Johnson, P. A., Givens, M., & Rampelt, J. (2013). Campaign expenditures in school levy campaigns and their relationship to voter approval: Evidence from Ohio, 2007-2010. Leadership & Policy in Schools, 12(1), 1-36.

Ingle, W. K., Johnson, P. A., & Petroff, R. A. (2012). “Hired guns” and “legitimate voices”: The politics and participants of levy campaigns in five Ohio school districts. Educational Administration Quarterly, 48(5), 814-858.  

Ingle, W. K., Johnson, P. A., & Petroff, R. A. (2011). “A “tale of two cities”: A comparative case study of community engagement and costs in two levy campaigns.  Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 24 (2), 2-14.

Ingle, W. K., Rutledge, S. A., & Bishop, J. L. (2011). Context matters: Principals’ sensemaking of teacher hiring and on-the-job performance Journal of Educational Administration, 49 (5), 579-610.

Ingle, W. K., Petroff, R. A., & Johnson, P. A. (2011). Estimating resource costs of levy campaigns in five Ohio school districts.  Journal of Education Finance, 37 (1), 52-71.

Ingle, W. K. (2010). Nothing’s free: Calculating the costs of volunteers. School Business Affairs, 76 (9), 28-32.

Petroff, R. A., & Ingle, W. K. (2010). Estimating all the costs: Some basics for district leaders. Journal of School Business Management, 22 (2), 11-17.

Ingle, W. K., & Rutledge, S. A. (2010). Hiring the “best applicant(s)” with limited options and policy constraints. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 13 (1), 37-47.

Harris, D. N., Rutledge, S. A., Ingle, W. K., & Thompson, C. T. (2010). Mix and match: What principals really look for when hiring teachers. Education Finance and Policy, 5(2), 228-246.

Rutledge, S. A. Harris, D. N., & Ingle, W. K. (2010). How principals ‘bridge and buffer’ the new demands of teacher quality and accountability: A mixed methods analysis of teacher hiring. American Journal of Education, 116 (2), 211-242.

Ingle, W. K. (2009). Teacher quality and attrition in a US school district. Journal of Educational Administration, 47 (5), 557-585.

Johnson, P. A., & Ingle, W. K. (2009).  Campaign strategies and voter approval of school referenda: A mixed methods analysis. Journal of School Public Relations 30 (1), 51-71.

Rutledge, S. A., Harris, D. N., Thompson, C. T., & Ingle, W. K. (2008). Certify, blink, hire:  An examination of the process and tools of teacher screening and selection.  Leadership and Policy in Schools, 7(3), 237-263. 

Cohen-Vogel, L., Ingle, W. K., Levine, A. A., & Spence, M. (2008). The “spread” of merit-based college aid: Politics, policy consortia, and interstate competition.  Educational Policy, 22(3), 339-362.  

Ingle, W. K., Cohen-Vogel, L., & Hughes, R. (2007). The public policy process among southeastern states:  Elaborating theories of regional adoption and hold-out behavior. Policy Studies Journal, 35(4), 607-628.

Cohen-Vogel, L. & Ingle, W. K. (2007). When neighbours matter most:  Innovation, diffusion and state policy adoption in tertiary education.  Journal of Education Policy, 22 (3), 241-262.

Book Chapters

Ingle, W. K., & Cramer, T. (in press, 2013). Not just accountability: A cost effectiveness analysis of third grade reading diagnostic tools, in Barnett, B. G., Shoho, A. R., & Bowers, A. J. (Eds.), School and district leadership in an era of accountability – International Research on School Leadership Volume 4. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Colwell, W. B., & Ingle, W. K. (in press, 2013).  Searches in public schools. The Principal’s Legal Handbook, Fifth Edition. Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Beckham, J. C., & Ingle, W. K. (2008).  Searches in public schools. In K. Lane, M.  Gooden, J. Mead, P. Pauken, & S. Eckes (Eds.), The Principal’s Legal Handbook, Fourth Edition (pp. 49-75). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Technical Reports/ Policy Briefs

Ingle, W. K., & Johnson, P. A. (2009). School Levies in Ohio. Bowling Green, OH: Institute for Child & Family Policy.

Johnson, P. A ., & Ingle, W. K. (2009). Property taxes and school funding in Ohio. Bowling Green, OH: Institute for Child & Family Policy. 

Harris, D. N., Taylor, L. L., Levine, A. A., Ingle, W. K., & McDonald, L. (2008). The resource costs of standards, assessments, and accountability: A final report to the National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council.

Harris, D. N., & Ingle, K. (2004).  An initial cost analysis of the State of Florida's role in alternative teacher certification.  Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Education.

Iatarola, P., & Ingle, K. (2004).  An initial cost analysis of the Florida school districts' role in alternative teacher certification. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Education.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES            

Faculty Advisor, Hillel at BGSU
Co-editor, Politics of Education Association Bulletin
Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer
    ~American Journal of Education
    ~Educational Administration Quarterly
    ~Journal of Educational Administration
    ~Journal of School Leadership
    ~Mid-Western Educational Researcher
    ~Policy Studies Journal
Plenary Representative for BGSU, University Council for Educational Administration
Conference Reviewer
    -American Education Research Association
    -University Council for Educational Administration

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Association for Education Finance and Policy
American Educational Research Association
American Educational Studies Association
Midwestern Educational Research Association
Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Politics of Education Association