Publications
Articles, books, and chapters.
Featured
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Special issue · 2026Introduction to volume 1: AI governance and policy decisions
Educational Policy
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Conference paper · 2026Relief or displacement? How teachers are negotiating generative AI
CHI 2026
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Book chapter · 2026The compass and the algorithm: Navigating uncertainty in the AI age
Educating in Dangerous Times (Beacon Press)
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Journal article · 2025Surprises from the shadows: Bots and generative AI in survey research
Journal of Educational Research and Practice
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Journal article · 2024The new discipline machinery: Apps for classroom behavior management
Teachers College Record
Publication list
Journal articles, proceedings, books, and chapters. Technical reports, policy reports, practitioner pieces, and reviews are listed in my CV. Need a copy of something? Just let me know.
Journal articles
- Cho, V., & Richardson, J. W. (2026). Introduction to volume 1: AI governance and policy decisions. Educational Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048261498211
- Cho, V., Barragán, S. D., & Dueñas, S. I. (2025). Beyond behavior management: Exploring the role of ClassDojo in parent–teacher communication and problem-solving. School Community Journal, 23(2), 113–139.
- Cho, V., & Dueñas, S. I. (2025). Surprises from the shadows: Confronting intrusions from bots and generative AI in survey research. Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 15, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2025.15.2091
- Cho, V., Irby, D. J., & Borowiec, K. (2024). The new discipline machinery: Examining the use of apps for classroom behavior management. Teachers College Record, 126(1), 3–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681241235484
- Lustick, H., Cho, V., & Miller, A. (2023). Restorative justice in a “No Excuses” charter school. Education and Urban Society.
- Cho, V., Borowiec, K., & Tuthill, K. F. (2021). Organizational problem solving and school discipline: Comparing the roles of schoolwide behavior management technologies. Journal of Educational Administration, 59(3), 302–317. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-10-2020-0229
- Cho, V., Mansfield, K. C., & Claughton, J. (2020). The past and future technology in classroom management and school discipline: A systematic review. Teaching and Teacher Education, 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103037
- Greenhow, C., Cho, V., Dennen, V., & Fishman, B. (2019). Education and social media: Research directions to guide a growing field. Teachers College Record, 121(14).
- Cho, V., Hamilton, E. R., & Tuthill, K. F. (2019). Troubles with transformative change: Faction analysis of a 1:1 Catholic school. Journal of Educational Administration. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-05-2018-0089
- Jimerson, J. B., Cho, V., Scroggins, K. A., Balial, R., & Robinson, R. R. (2018). How and why teachers engage students with data. Educational Studies, 45(6), 667–691. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2018.1509781
- Cho, V. (2017). Vision, mission, and technology implementation: Going one-to-one in a Catholic school. Journal of Catholic Education, 20(2), 177–198. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.2002082017
- Wayman, J. C., Shaw, S., & Cho, V. (2017). Longitudinal effects of teacher use of a computer data system on student achievement. AERA Open, 3(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858416685534
- Cho, V., & Jimerson, J. B. (2017). Managing digital identity on Twitter: The case of school administrators. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45(5), 884–900. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143216659295
- Cho, V., & Snodgrass Rangel, V. (2016). The dynamic roots of school leaders’ Twitter use: A structurational perspective on technology. Journal of School Leadership, 26(5), 837–864. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461602600505
- Jimerson, J. B., Cho, V., & Wayman, J. C. (2016). Student-involved data use: Teacher practices and considerations for professional learning. Teaching and Teacher Education, 60, 413–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.07.008
- Cho, V. (2016). Administrators’ professional learning via Twitter: The dissonance between beliefs and actions. Journal of Educational Administration, 54(3), 340–356. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-03-2015-0024
- Cho, V. (2016). Organizational problem solving around digital distraction. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 1(2), 145–158. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-11-2015-0009
- Cho, V., & Littenberg-Tobias, J. (2016). Digital devices and teaching the whole student: Developing and validating an instrument to measure educators’ attitudes and beliefs. Educational Technology Research and Development, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9441-x
- Cho, V., & Wayman, J. C. (2015). Central office assumptions, strategies, and organization: Implementing computer data systems. Journal of School Leadership, 25(6), 1203–1236. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461502500607
- Cho, V., Jimerson, J. B., & Wayman, J. C. (2015). Data system implementation: A leader navigates people problems around technology and data use. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 18(2), 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458915584677
- Cho, V., & Wayman, J. C. (2014). Districts’ efforts for data use and computer data systems: The role of sensemaking in system use and implementation. Teachers College Record, 116(2), 1–45.
- Cho, V., Ro, J., & Littenberg-Tobias, J. (2013). What Twitter will and will not do: Theorizing about teachers’ online professional communities. Learning Landscapes, 6(2), 45–62.
- Wayman, J. C., Jimerson, J. B., & Cho, V. (2012). Organizational considerations in establishing the data-informed district. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 23(2), 159–178.
- Wayman, J. C., Cho, V., Jimerson, J. B., & Spikes, D. D. (2012). District-wide effects of data use in the classroom. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 20(25).
Conference proceedings
- Dangol, A., Kotiyal, S., Wolfe, R., Bowers, A. J., Vigil, A., Yip, J., Kientz, J. A., Shahid, S., Yeh, T., Cho, V., & Davis, K. (2026). Relief or displacement? How teachers are negotiating generative AI’s role in their professional practice. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Article 45, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791904
Books and chapters
- Sergiovanni, T. J., Starratt, R., & Cho, V. (2013). Supervision: A redefinition (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
- Cho, V., & Davis, K. (2026). The compass and the algorithm: Navigating uncertainty in the AI age. In G. Theoharis & J. Rogers (Eds.), Educating in dangerous times: A call to reenvision public school in America. Beacon Press.
- Cho, V., Carlson, J., & Scanlan, M. K. (2023). Roads toward scholarly practice. In C. Benedetti & A. Covarrubias (Eds.), Teaching critical inquiry and applied research in Ed.D. programs (pp. 87–104). Myers Education Press.
- Cho, V. (2021). Ice cream for breakfast. In G. Theoharis & R. J. Lowenhaupt (Eds.), Pandemic parenting: The collision of school, work, and life at home (pp. 3–6). Information Age.
- Richardson, J. W., Sauers, N. J., Cho, V., & Lingat, J. M. (2019). Push and pull on Twitter: How school leaders use microblogging for knowledge mobilization. In C. Brown & J. Malin (Eds.), The role of knowledge brokers in education (pp. 27–39). Routledge.
- Cho, V., Snodgrass Rangel, V. W., & Noble, A. (2019). The digital age: Exploring the relationship between technology and school organization. In C. James et al. (Eds.), The SAGE international handbook of school organization (pp. 524–539). SAGE.
- Farley-Ripple, E. N., & Cho, V. (2014). Depth of use: How district decision-makers did and did not engage with evidence. In A. J. Bowers, A. R. Shoho, & B. G. Barnett (Eds.), Using data in schools to inform leadership and decision making (pp. 229–252). Information Age.