Description
A practical guide for creating, implementing, and evaluating school policy.
This invaluable resource brings to life the process of making and enacting educational policy. The authors present a conceptual framework for developing effective and ethical school policies and help educational leaders evaluate, interpret, and analyze the regulations that govern their schools. Organized by key topics such as English Language Learners, inclusion, and bullying, the text incorporates vignettes, research, and relevant theories to illustrate how readers can:
- Create a dialogue that represents the needs of all stakeholders
- Define relevant policies that are ethically sound
- Integrate legally mandated policies with schoolwide resolutions
Table of Contents
Foreword by Gene V. Glass
Preface
1. The Many Ps of Policy
What Are Dynamic Schools?
Policy, Program, Procedure, or Practice?
What Do School Leaders Say About Policy?
Policy as Local Deliberative Process
2. The Choice to Act: Shaping the Dialogue
Reasoning
Acting
Evaluating
The Framework in Practice
3. Inclusion: From Dilemma to Imperative
Reasoning
Acting
Evaluating
Reviewing the Inquiry Process of This Dynamic School
4. Immigrants and the Schools: Opening or Closing Doors
Reasoning
Acting
Evaluating
5. Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners: More Than One Way
Reasoning
Acting
Evaluating
6. Asset Building and ‘No Pass, No Play’: Considering the Whole Child
Justice in Learning
The Scenario: Part II
Reasoning: Justice in Policy
Acting and Evaluating
The Scenario: Part III
7. School Climate: Preventing Acts of Bullying
Reasoning
Moral Reasoning
Acting
Evaluation
8. Putting the Framework Into Practice
A Dialogue Among Principals
Final Thoughts
References
Index
