Educational Policy Goes to School
Title | Educational Policy Goes to School PDF eBook |
Author | Gilberto Q. Conchas |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2017-09-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317192516 |
Educational policies explicitly implemented in order to reduce educational gaps and promote access and success for disenfranchised youth can backfire—and often have the unintended result of widening those gaps. In this interdisciplinary collection of case studies, contributors examine cases of policy backfire, when policies don’t work, have unintended consequences, and when policies help. Although policy reform is thought of as an effective way to improve schooling structures and to diminish the achievement gap, many such attempts to reform the system do not adequately address the legacy of unequal policies and the historic and pervasive inequalities that persist in schools. Exploring the roots of school inequality and examining often-ignored negative policy outcomes, contributors illuminate the causes and consequences of poor policymaking decisions and demonstrate how policies can backfire, fail, or have unintended success.
India Goes to School
Title | India Goes to School PDF eBook |
Author | Shivali Tukdeo |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2019-11-17 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 8132239571 |
This book pays attention to education in India as part of several overlapping stories developed along different axes: stories of dissent, contestations, appropriation and social action. It historicises the enterprise of formal education by paying attention to the numerous policy shifts. Further, it theorises the education policy discourse by analysing the ways in which education is increasingly being shaped by international/transnational knowledge production, actors and norms. Focusing on the cultural politics of education policy production, circulation and translation across different contexts, the book revisits some of the long-standing and unresolved debates on social reforms, justice, nationalism and mobility. Evolution of ideas such as mass education, national education, adult literacy and education through public-private-partnerships showcase the momentous shifts in education policy over the course of last century. Ideas, institutional and economic arrangements, administrative formulations and frameworks for implementation make frequent appearances in the cultural as well as political reading of education policy. In a departure from the traditional policy research, this work sees policy as socially and culturally constructed; connected to questions of power, context and struggle; and part of a number of processes at large.
Between the State and the Schoolhouse
Title | Between the State and the Schoolhouse PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Loveless |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2021-04-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781682535912 |
Between the State and the Schoolhouse examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book describes a series of critical lessons that highlight the political and structural challenges of large-scale, top-down reforms. Education policy expert Tom Loveless argues that there are too many layers between the state and the classroom for a national standards approach to be effective. Specifically, he emphasizes the significant gap between states' roles in designing education policy and teachers' roles as implementers of policy. In addition, he asserts that top-down policies are unpredictable, subject to political and ideological pressures, and vulnerable to the pendulum effect as new reforms emerge in response to previous ones. One of the most ambitious education reforms of the past century, the Common Core aimed to raise student success, prepare larger numbers of students for both college and careers, and close achievement gaps. Yet, as Loveless documents, a decade later there remains a lack of significant positive impact on student learning. Between the State and the Schoolhouse marks an important contribution to the debate over the standards movement and the role of federal and state governments in education reform.
Handbook of Educational Policy
Title | Handbook of Educational Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory J. Cizek |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 1999-04-13 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0080488897 |
The Handbook of Educational Policy provides a comprehensive overview of policy questions in education reform at local, state, and national levels. The book raises controversial questions, such as who really benefits from educational reform, and investigates issues of accountability, assessment, educational fads, technology in education, and other matters of educational policy. The book explores not only what education is, but what it can be and should be, providing a scholarly analysis of policy decisions as well as practical recommendations for parents, teachers, and policy-makers.Key Features* Provides informed discussion based on scholarly research* Contains practical recommendations for parents, educators, and policy-makers* Includes representation from local, state, and national levels* Considers comparisons of United States practices to reforms abroad* Addresses current issues and implications for the futures
Educational Policy and the Law
Title | Educational Policy and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | David L. Kirp |
Publisher | Berkeley, Calif. : McCutchan Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 800 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times
Title | Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Chitpin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2019-01-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1351369202 |
This volume explores how educational policy is changing as a result of neoliberal restructuring and how these issues affect educators’ practice. Evidence-based chapters present a sharp analysis of neoliberal education policy while also offering suggestions and recommendations for future action to bring about change consistent with more robust understandings of democracy. Covering issues relating to historical context, philosophical assumptions, policy implementation, accountability, teacher professionalism and standardization, Confronting Educational Policy in Neoliberal Times critically engages the ways micro- and macro- neoliberal politics shapes the purposes and implementation of schooling.
Examining Educational Policy in Latin America
Title | Examining Educational Policy in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Axel Rivas |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2021-12-30 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1000515699 |
This book synthesizes and analyzes the complex map of educational reforms in Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century. The book offers insights into the agendas, processes and political economy of educational reforms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Written by renowned contributors from each country, chapters present systematic, critical and reflective accounts of an intense period of education reforms. The book fills a gap in educational research and provides a systematic study that compares the cases analyzed. The first broad, comparative collection of its kind, the book is well-suited to courses in international and comparative education policy.