Full Description
In this Fourth Edition of renowned authority Frances Fowler's Policy Studies for Educational Leaders, future educational leaders and actual K-12 administrators get a solid, comprehensive grounding in education policy and the policy process and the important political theories upon which it is based. Included is essential background information about the cultural, economic, demographic, and institutional roots of educational policy and an incisive look at the history of educational policy.
Contents
Preface
PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND OF EDUCATION POLICY
Chapter 1: Policy-What It Is and Where It Comes From
Chapter 2: Power and Education Policy
Chapter 3: The Economy and Demographics
Chapter 4: The Political System and Political Culture
Chapter 5: Values and Ideology
PART TWO: POLICY ACTORS AND THE POLICY PROCESS
Chapter 6: The Major Education Policy Actors
Chapter 7: Setting the Stage and Getting on It: Issue Definition and Agenda Setting
Chapter 8: Getting the Words and the Money: Policy Formulation and Policy Adoption
Chapter 9: Looking at Policies: Policy Instruments and Cost Effectiveness
Chapter 10: Policy Implementation: Getting People to Carry Out a Policy
Chapter 11: Policy Evaluation: Determining If the Policy Works
Chapter 12: Education Policy in the United States: Retrospective and Prospective
Glossary
