John W. Sipple joined Development Sociology in the summer of 2011 after 13 years in the Department of Educaiton. He has focused his research interests on the responses of public school districts to changes in state and federal policy. Central to his work are issues of community and organizational change and how they relate to learning opportunities for students across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic lines. He teaches courses on the organizational, social, and political contexts of American education and school reform in light of community change.