John Fredericks
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Mail code: 1811Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentEducational Policy and Evaluation
MaryLouFulton College for Teac
John M. (Jack) Fredericks is a doctoral candidate in Educational Policy and Evaluation at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. His research examines how educational accountability systems measure and define student success, with a particular focus on the measurement of cognitive ability across K–12 accountability regimes, adult skill assessment, and the workforce and migration outcomes those systems are meant to predict. Methodologically, his work spans applied quantitative analysis and a critical quantitative orientation that interrogates the assumptions embedded in measurement itself.
M.A., Teaching, 2021, University of Mississippi
M.A., English—Literature and Environment, 2014, University of Nevada, Reno
B.A., English, 2012, University of Mississippi
Educational accountability systems
Cognitive ability measurement
Critical quantitative methodology
School board governance
Postsecondary and workforce outcomes
School finance and funding equity
Quantitative methods for education policy
Op-Eds & Book Reviews
Fredericks, J. (2024, July 14) Queer Bodies and Youthful Exuberance in Lydia Conklin’s Rainbow Rainbow. [Book Review] Compulsive Reader. Retrieved from https://compulsivereader.com/2024/07/14/queer-bodies-and-youthful-exuberance-in-rainbow-rainbow-by-lydia-conklin/
Fredericks, J. (2024, July 11) Review of Finish What We Started by Isaac Arnsdorf. [Book Review] Compulsive Reader. Retrieved from https://compulsivereader.com/2024/07/11/a-review-of-finish-what-we-started-the-maga-movements-ground-war-to-end-democracy-by-isaac-arnsdorf/
Fredericks, J. (2024, March 26). Let’s work towards a school funding formula for all students. [Op-Ed] The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved from https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/2024/03/26/lets-work-toward-a-school-funding-formula-for-all-ms-students/73070262007/
Fredericks, J. (2024, February 6). How will school vouchers help my students? [Op-Ed] The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved from https://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/2024/02/06/how-will-school-vouchers-help-my-students-in-ms/72454647007/
Fredericks, J. (2023, December 22). How the war in Gaza can teach students empathy. [Op-Ed] The Nevada Independent. Retrieved from https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-the-war-in-gaza-can-teach-students-empathy
Fredericks, J. (2023, November 9). How we Mississippi teachers bucked the trend and taught our kids to read. [Op-Ed]. Newsweek. Retrieved from https://www.newsweek.com/how-we-mississippi-teachers-bucked-national-trend-taught-our-kids-how-read-opinion-1842380
Fredericks, J. (2023, September 11). TEACHER VOICE: It’s up to us to create a culture of trust. [Op-Ed] The Hechinger Report. Retrieved from https://hechingerreport.org/teacher-voice-its-up-to-us-to-replace-a-culture-of-fear-with-a-culture-of-trust/
Fredericks, J. (2022, December 1). Teachers can’t thrive in a vacuum. [Op-Ed] The Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved from https://www.tallahatchienews.ms/columns-editorials-local-content-opinion-schools/teachers-cant-thrive-vacuum
West Tallahatchie School District Teacher of the Year, West Tallahatchie School District, 2023
Teach Plus Policy Fellow of the Year, Teach Plus Mississippi, 2023
Academic Excellence Award, Mississippi Teacher Corps, 2021
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Teach Plus
Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC), University of Mississippi
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
Research Assistant, August 2024 – Present, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (Advisor: Dr. Margarita Pivovarova)
ELA Department Chair; ELA and AP English Literature Classroom Teacher, August 2019 – July 2024, West Tallahatchie High School, Webb, MS.
Financial Manager, August 2018 – March 2024, Boucheire and Bourree, New Orleans, LA.
Adjunct Professor, English and Core Humanities, June 2014 – January 2019, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV.
English Language Learning Instructor, December 2014 – June 2016, Northern Nevada Literacy Council, Reno, NV.
Mississippi Delta Educational Equity Project, 501(c)3 nonprofiot, Executive Director/Founder