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Allen Phelps
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Allen Phelps is a professor in the Department of Educational Administration.

Over the past two decades his research, teaching, and public service work has focused on the interaction between the education and economic sectors with particular attention to policy initiatives, equity issues, and professional development.

Selected publications include:
Phelps, L.A. (2003). High schools with authentic and inclusive learning: Selected features and findings. NCSET Research to Practice Brief, 2(2). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, National Center for Secondary Education and Transition.

Mooney, M., Phelps, L.A., & Anctil, T.M. (2002, July). Using postschool outcome data to improve practices and policies in restructured inclusive high schools. RISER Brief No 6. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.

Mooney, M. & Phelps, L.A. (2001, June). Life after high school: Which postschool outcomes matter for students with and without disabilities in restructured high schools? RISER Brief No 4. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.

Phelps, L.A. (1998). Changing work, changing learning: The
imperative for teacher learning in the workplace and communities. Madison: Center on Education and Work and National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Phelps, L.A. & Hanley Maxwell, C. (1997, Summer). School-to-work transitions for youth with disabilities: A review of outcomes and practices. Review of Educational Research, 67(2), 197-226.

Phelps, L.A., Scribner, J., Wakelyn, D., & Weis, C. (1996). Youth apprenticeship in Wisconsin: A stakeholder assessment. Madison: Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin.

Phelps, L.A., Hernandez, V.M., Jones, J., Sanchez, D., & Neiri, A. (1995). Students' indicators of quality in emerging school-to-work programs. Journal of Vocational Education Research 20(2), 75-101.

Contact Information

aphelps@education.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2714
Office: 964A Ed Sciences

Current Projects

Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering: How People Learn Engineering

Discretionary Research Funding

Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center

SPDG-State Personnel Development Grant-Continuation

Completed Projects

Documenting and Evaluating the Individual Learning Plans for High School Network (CEW)

An Extension of the Longitudinal Study of ILP, Career Decision-Making and Work Readiness on Work Transitions

Longitudinal Research Project on individualized planning tools to improve high school student outcomes (CEW) [Supplement to 144-PRJ12ES}

Research Institute on Secondary Education Reform (RISER)