Kenneth R. Howe, PhD

Professor of Education
School of Education, Room 245
University of Colorado at Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0249
Phone: 303-492-7229
Fax: 303-492-7090
E-mail: ken.howe@colorado.edu

Kenneth R. Howe is professor in the Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice program area, and director of the Education and the Public Interest Center. Professor Howe specializes in education policy, professional ethics, and philosophy of education. He has conducted research on a variety of topics, ranging from the quantitative/qualitative debate to a philosophical examination of constructivism to a defense of multicultural education. His current research is focused on education policy analysis, particularly school choice. His books include the Ethics of Special Education (with Ofelia Miramontes), Understanding Equal Education: Social Justice, Democracy and Schooling, Values in Evaluation and Social Research (with Ernest House), and Closing Methodological Divides: Toward Democratic Educational Research. Professor Howe teaches courses in the social foundations of education, the philosophy of education, and philosophical issues in educational research.