Faculty Vita

Barry Bull, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Certification/Licenses

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Other Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

McCarthy, M., & Bull, B. (2002). Professional codes, morality, and the law. In K. Strike et al., Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association: Cases and Commentary (pp. 173-192). Washington, DC: American Education Research Association.

Bull, B. (2001). An analysis of Indiana's Advanced Placement Program, 1990-2000. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Department of Education.

Theobald, N. & Bull, B. (2000). Ohio's goals for school funding: Objective measures for informing policy debate and action. Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

Bull, B. (2000). National standards in local context: A philosophical and policy analysis. In B.A. Jones (Ed.), Educational leadership: Policy dimensions in the 21st century (pp. 107-121). Stamford, CT: Ablex.

Bull, B. (2000). Political philosophy and the balance between central and local control of schools. In N. Theobald and B. Malen (Eds.), Balancing local control and state responsibility for K-12 education: 2000 yearbook of the American Educational Finance Association (pp. 21-46). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.

Bull, B. (2000), Justifying education for the gifted. In R. Curren (Ed.), Philosophy of education, 1999 (pp. 200-203). Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society.

Theobald, N., Bull, B., & Michael, R. (1998). Analysis of Indiana's School Funding Formula, 1993-99. Prepared for the State of Indiana School Finance Committee. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Education Policy Center.

Bull, B. (1998). An Analysis of the Indianapolis Interdistrict Violation, Remedy, and Resolution. Prepared for the United States Department of Justice. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Education Policy Center.

Bull, B. (1998). School reform in Indiana since 1980. In W. Reese, Ed., Hoosier Schools: Past and Present (pp. 194-217). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Skiba, R., Vesper, N., Ong, K.H., & Bull, B. (1998). Tracking the costs of wraparound: Statewide system of care expenditures. In C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 10th Annual research conference proceedings: A system of care for children's mental health (pp. 219-224). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Bull, B. & Buechler, M. (1997). Planning Together: Professional Development for Teachers of All Students. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Education Policy Center.

Theobald, N., Bull, B. & Vesper, N. (1997). Indiana's reward-for-effort school funding formula: Issues and options. Educational Considerations, 25, 29-33.Theobald, N., Bull, B. & Vesper, N. (1997). Indiana school finance policy issues, 1996. In B.Y. Lacost (Ed.). School finance policy Issues 1996: United States and Canada (pp. 48-52). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska.

Theobald, N., Bull, B. & Vesper, N. (1997). Indiana school funding issues: Alternatives available to the General Assembly. In Y. Nakib (Ed.), State of the states and provinces: 1997 (pp. 60-66). Newark, DE: University of Delaware.

Bull, B. & Buechler, M. (1996). Learning Together: Professional Development for Better Schools. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Education Policy Center. (Distributed by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, Virginia.)

Bull, B. (1996). Is systemic reform in education morally justified? Studies in Philosophy and Education, 15:1, 13-23.

Funded Projects

School Financing System in Ohio, (with Neil Theobald, principal investigator), faculty researcher, 1999-2000, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Studies of Marion County Segregation Relevant to the Interdistrict Remedy, principal investigator, 1998-99, U.S. Department of Justice

Indiana Education Policy Center, principal investigator, 1997-2000, Lilly Endowment

Improving Indiana's Capacity for School Finance Analysis, co-principal investigator, 1997-2000, Indiana University

Learning Together: Professional Development for Special Education, principal investigator, 1997, Indiana Department of Education

The Relationship between Student Course-taking and SAT Scores in Indiana Public Schools, principal investigator, 1996, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents

CLASS: A Survey of Participating and Wait-Listed Schools (with Gayle Hall, principal investigator), faculty researcher, 1995, Lebanon Community School Corporation,

Professional Development for Practitioners: Principles and Guidelines, principal investigator, 1995-96, Indiana Department of Education

Data Reporting Project, principal investigator, 1995, Indiana Urban Schools Association, awarded August 1995.

Professional Development and Teacher Time: Policies and Policy Options, principal investigator, Indiana Department of Education

Indiana Core of Education Data, principal investigator, 1993-94, Research and University Graduate School, Indiana University

Indiana Education Policy Center, principal investigator, 1993-97, Lilly Endowment

The Connected Learning Assures Successful Students (C.L.A.S.S.) Project, faculty researcher, 1992, Indiana Department of Education

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Educational Research Association

International Network of Philosophers of Education

Phi Delta Kappa

Philosophy of Education Society, executive board, 1995-97

Conference Presentations

"A Political Theory for the Normative Assessment of School Reform," Political Philosophy Group, Poynter Center for Ethics and for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2002.

"Departmental Strategies and Examples for Recruiting and Retaining Minority Graduate Students," Diversity Best Practices Roundtable, University Graduate School, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2001.

"Ohio's Goals For School Funding" (with Neil Theobald), Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001.

"The Ethics of Teaching with the AERA Casebook," annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington, 2001.

"Indiana's Advanced Placement Program," School Funding Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2001.

"The Recent History of Indiana's Policy for Professional Development," Policy Seminar, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000.

"Bipartisan Working Groups in State Legislatures," National Conference of State Legislatures, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1999.

"Justifying Education for the Gifted," annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999.

"Effective Professional Development," meeting of the Regional Educational Policy Research Consortium, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Bloomington, Indiana, 1999.

"Principles of Professional Development," IATE/IACTE Annual Turkey Run Conference, Turkey Run State Park, Indiana, 1998.

"School-Based Professional Development," Workshop For School Technology Coordinators, Center for Excellence in Education. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998.

"The Structure of Effective Professional Development for Special Education," Workshop for Special Education Directors, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998.

"Teacher Education in Indiana," joint meeting of the State Budget Committee and the House and Senate Education Committees, Bloomington, Indiana, 1997.

"Analysis of the New Indiana School Funding Formula," School Funding Committee, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1997.

"Professional Development: What Does a Good Action Plan Look Like?," Urban Professional Development Initiative Retreat, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997.

Research Areas

In general, I am interested in the ethical justification of education policy. At present, I am working on a book that examines the moral and political implications of standards-based school reform.

Service/Outreach Projects

Invited external reviewer (with Bob Arnove and Luise McCarty), Module on Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives on Education, Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Language Teaching) Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China, 2001

Member, Review Committee for Educational Technology Services, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2001

Co-organizer and participant, Political Philosophy Group, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University, 2001-present

Co-chair, Information Environment Advisory Committee, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2000-present

Member, Advisory Board, Division for Applied Ethics in Education, San Jose State University, College of Education, San Jose, California, 1997-present

Co-coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Education Policy Studies, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1993-2001

Member, Governance Audit Team, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2000-2001.

Member, Campus Curriculum Committee, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998-2000

Member, Enrollment Services Advisory Committee, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998-2000.

Consultant, Review of Indiana's Advanced Placement Policies, Indiana Department of Education, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000

Member, Teacher Education Council, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1996-98

Honors/Awards

Dean's Medallion, School of Education, Indiana University, 2000

Executive Board of the Philosophy of Education Society, elected 1995

Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society, Bloomington Chapter, elected 1991

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Cornell Chapter, elected 1978

Cum laude, Yale University, 1969