Full Description
Educational Change and the Political Process brings together key ideas on both the system of educational policy and the policy process in the United States. It provides students with a broad, methodical understanding of educational policy. No other textbook offers as comprehensive a view of the US educational policy procedure and political systems. Section I discusses the actors and systems that create and implement policy on both the federal and the local level; Section II walks students through the policy process from idea to implementation to evaluation; and Section III delves into three major forces driving the creation of educational policies in the current era—accountability, equity, and market-driven reforms. Each chapter provides case studies, discussion questions, and classroom activities to scaffold learning, as well as a bibliography for further reading to deepen exploration of these topics. This new edition will explore recent Trump-era and post-Trump era US politics and policy changes as well as the politics of race.
Contents
Introduction to the Second Edition; Section I: Ideals of the U.S. Educational System; 1—Understanding U.S. Ideals; 2—Equity; 3—Market-Driven Schooling; Section II: The Structure of the U.S. Educational System; 4—Federal Education Policy; 5—Education and the Courts; 6—State Systems of Education; 7—Local School Districts and School Boards; 8—Influential Policy Actors; Section III: The Policy Process; 9 — Problem Structuring, Agenda Setting, and Framing; 10— Power as a Political Process; 11—Policy Formation; 12—Implementation; 13—Sustainability and Scale
