Full Description
Education Policy Perils provides educators and those interested in the future of public education with research-based and practical analyses of some of the foremost issues facing public schools today. The collection, written by experienced scholar-practitioners, offers insights that include nuanced descriptions of various challenges facing educators and recommendations for overcoming them with an eye toward more successful policy and better implementation. The authors apply their expertise to a range of issues from international testing to policy challenges related to curriculum on the state and national levels. This volume positions ongoing debates within the wider context of an education landscape struggling to displace junk-science ideology with empirical research. The scope and sequence combined with the expertise of the contributors make this volume a vital resource for educators at all levels during a pivotal time of major changes in education policy.
Contents
Foreword
Fenwick W. English
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Christopher H. Tienken and Carol A. Mullen
Part I: Education Leadership in the Current Policy Environment
1. The Rhetoric and Reality of School Reform: Choice, Competition, and Organizational Incentives in Market-Oriented Education
Christopher Lubienski and P.S. Myers
2. Corporate Networks and Their Grip on the Public School Sector and Education Policy
Carol A. Mullen
3. Leading in a Socially Just Manner: Preparing Principals with a Policy Perspective
Mariela A. Rodríguez
Part II: Curriculum and Assessment Policy Perils
4. Customized Curriculum and High Achievement in High-Poverty Schools
Tom Tramaglini and Christopher H. Tienken
5. OECD, PISA, and Globalization: The Influence of the International Assessment Regime
Svein Sjøberg
6. High School Mathematics in Texas: Freedom and Shackles
Michael Marder
7. Standardized Test Results Can Be Predicted, So Stop Using Them to Drive Education Policymaking
Christopher H. Tienken
Editors and Contributors
Index
