Hope Casto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor for Education Studies
Office: Palamountain Hall 216
Telephone: (518) 580-5149
Email: hcasto@skidmore.edu
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy, Cornell University
- M.S., Educational Studies, University of Edinburgh
- M.A., Social Foundations of Education, University of Virginia
- B.A., History of Art, Haverford College
COURSES
- ED 115 School and Society
- ED 216 Schooling the Masses from Colonial Times to Present
- ED 217 Multicultural Education
- ED 324 Educational Policy, Politics, and Law in the U.S.
- Scribner Seminar, There鈥檚 No Place Like Home
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Casto, H. G., LeBeau, K. N., & Sipple, J. W. (2024). Leading for educational equity and community vitality: A comprehensive school-community framework. School Community Journal, 34(2).
Sipple, J. W., McCabe, L. & Casto, H. G. (2020). Child care deserts in New York State: Factors related to the community capacity to care for children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51, 167-177.
Casto, H. G. (2019). 鈥淲e鈥檙e nine miles from the Board building, but the perception is that we鈥檙e 100 miles away out in farm country鈥�: The case of a rural school in a non-rural district. Journal of Rural Studies, 72, 164-173.
Casto, H. G., McGrath, B., Sipple, J. W., & Todd, L. (2016). 鈥淐ommunity aware鈥� education
policy: Enhancing individual and community vitality. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 24(50).
Casto, H. G. (2016). 鈥淛ust one more thing I have to do鈥�: In search of sustainable
school community partnerships. School Community Journal, 26(1), 139-162.
Casto, H. G., Sipple, J. W., & McCabe, L. M. (2016). A Typology of School-Community
Relationships: Partnering and Universal Pre-Kindergarten Policy. Educational Policy, 30(5), 659-687.
Casto, H. G., Steinhauer, A., & Pollock, P. M. (2012). Potential synergy: Rural school
districts and international student programs. Rural Educator, 34(1), 1-12.
Casto, H. G. & Sipple, J. W. (2011). Who and what influences school leaders鈥� decisions:
An institutional analysis of the implementation of Universal Prekindergarten. Educational Policy, 25(1), 134-166.
Book Chapters
Casto, H. G. & Lee, V. (2024). Continuous program improvement through an integrated student support system. In L. McKee, D. Rickey, & S. Read (Eds.), Using Data for Continuous Improvement in Educator Preparation. Myers Education Press.
Casto, H. G. & Sipple, J. W. (2022). Rural school-community partnerships: Creating community-aware educational practices. In A. P. Azano, K. Eppley, & C. Biddle (Eds.), Bloomsbury Handbook of Rural Education in the USA. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Sipple, J. W. & Casto, H. G. (2009). Major issues in American schools. In P.Allen-Meares
(Ed.), Social Work Services in Schools (6th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Policy Briefs
Sipple, J. W., Casto, H. G., & Blakely, R. M. (2009). How schools can help communities in NYS, Research and Policy Brief, Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY.
Sipple, J. W. & Casto, H. G. (2007). School-based Health Centers in NYS, Research and Policy Brief, Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY.
Reports
Sipple, J. W., McCabe, L. A., Ross-Bernstein, J., & Casto, H. G. (2009). Universal Pre-Kindergarten, Early Care, and Education in Rural New York: Research
Findings and Policy Implications, New York State Rural Education Advisory Committee. March 2009.
Sipple, J. W., McCabe, L. A., Ross-Bernstein, J., & Casto, H. G. (2008). Educational Services for Preschool Children in Rural New York State: Links among Community-based
Organizations, Pre-kindergarten programs, and School Districts. New York State Rural Education Advisory Committee. July 2008.