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Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools. New York: Oxford University Press,  
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  • Winner of the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Division on Race and Ethnic Minorities. ​ 
Distributed Leadership in Practice. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007 
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Diamond, John B. (2018). “Race and White Supremacy in the Sociology of Education: Shifting the Intellectual Gaze.” In S. Davies & J. Mehta (Eds.) Education in a New Society: Renewing the Sociology of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
 
​Diamond, John B. and James P. Spillane. (2016). "School Leadership & Management from a Distributed Perspective: A 2016 Retrospective and Prospective." Management in Education

Diamond, John B. and Lewis, Amanda E. "Race and Discipline at a Racially Mixed High School: Status, Capital, and the Practice of Organizational Routines." Revision Under Review. 

Diamond, John B. & Amanda E. Lewis. (2015). Despite the Best   Intentions: Making School Integration Work in Integrated Schools. Race and Poverty, 24:6. 

Diamond, John B. (2015). Implementing the Common Core: How Individuals, Organizational Resources, and Instructional Practice Matter.

Lewis, Amanda, John B. Diamond, & Tyrone Forman. (2015). Conundrums of Integration: Desegregation in the context of Racial Hierarchy. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 1: 22 36. 

Diamond, John B. & James P. Huguley (2014) "Testing the Oppositional Culture Explanation in Desegregated Suburban Schools: The Impact of Racial Differences in Achievement Orientations on Academic Performance" Social Forces. 93 (2): 747-777

Diamond, John, B. (2013). “Distributed Leadership: Examining Issues of Race, Power, and Inequality.” In L. C. Tillman & J. J. Scheurich Eds.) Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity. New York: Routledge.

Diamond, John B. (2013). The Resource and Opportunity Gap: The Continued Significance of Race for African American Student Outcomes. In D. J. C. Andrews and F. Tuitt (Eds.). Contesting the Myth of a Post-Racial Era

Diamond, John B. (2012). “Accountability Policy, School Organization, and Classroom Practice: Partial Recoupling and Educational Opportunity.” Education and Urban Society 44(2): 151-182. 

Diamond, John B. (2007). “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Rethinking the Connection between High Stakes Accountability Policy and Classroom Instruction.” Sociology of Education, 80(4): 285-313. /uploads/6/5/0/7/65073833/_8_diamond2007.pdf

Diamond, John B. & Kristy Cooper. (2007). “The Uses of Evidence in Urban Elementary Schools: Some Lessons from Chicago.” 

Diamond, John B. & Kimberly Gomez. (2004). "African American Parents’ Orientations toward Schools: The Implications of Social Class and Parents’ Perceptions of Schools.” Education and Urban Society, 36(4): 383-427.
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Diamond, John B. & James P. Spillane. (2004). "High Stakes Accountability in Urban Elementary Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Inequality?" Teachers College Record

Diamond, John B., Antonia Randolph, & James P. Spillane. (2004). "Teachers’ Expectations and Sense of Responsibility for Student Learning: The Implications of School Race, Class, and Organizational Habitus." Anthropology and Education Quarterly