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Education Policy as a Practice of Power: Theoretical Tools, Ethnographic Methods, Democratic Options
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Levinson, Bradley A. U.; Sutton, Margaret; Winstead, Teresa – Educational Policy, 2009
This article outlines some theoretical and methodological parameters of a critical practice approach to policy. The article discusses the origins of this approach, how it can be uniquely adapted to educational analysis, and why it matters--not only for scholarly interpretation but also for the democratization of policy processes as well. Key to…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Ethnography, Policy Analysis, Educational Policy
Use of the Means/Ends Test to Evaluate Public School Dress-Code Policies
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Workman, Jane E.; Studak, Cathryn M. – Educational Policy, 2008
The purpose of this article is to explain how a means/ends test can be adapted for the school environment. Public school officials can use a means/ends test to document an analysis of whether dress-code policies will be effective in diminishing risks to the health, safety, or morality of the school population. Elements of policy evaluation--ends,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dress Codes, Policy Analysis, Educational Environment
Conclusion: K-12 Education in a Broader Privatization Context
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Hentschke, Guilbert C.; Wohlstetter, Priscilla – Educational Policy, 2007
The authors of the articles in this issue have provided a descriptive, analytic view of the politics of privatization, not a normative one. They have elected to view privatization more as a basic tool of government, with both uses and limitations, than strictly as an issue of ideology. Through their examination of the nexus between privatization…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education, Privatization, Policy Analysis
Section 1: Looking Broadly at the Politics of Privatization: The Politics of Privatization in American Education
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Boyd, William L. – Educational Policy, 2007
The long-sustained effort of conservatives and their think tanks and media outlets to win support for school choice, market forces, and privatization schemes in education is paying off. But it is encountering steady resistance from the public education establishment and its supporting teachers' unions. Actions, reactions, strategies, and the…
Descriptors: Activism, Public Education, Privatization, School Choice
Section 2: Case Studies of the Politics of Privatization: Bringing the Private into the Public--Changing the Rules of the Game and New Regime Politics in Philadelphia Public Education
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Bulkley, Katrina E. – Educational Policy, 2007
Substantial policy and political changes have resulted from a 2001 state takeover of the Philadelphia School District and the subsequent hiring of Paul Vallas as the district's new CEO. Using the lens of urban regime analysis, which emphasizes the importance of public and private actors in forming a governing coalition, this article analyzes the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Privatization, Educational Research, Politics of Education
Race, Politics, and Arab American Youth: Shifting Frameworks for Conceptualizing Educational Equity
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El-Haj, Thea Renda Abu – Educational Policy, 2006
Educators concerned with creating equitable school environments for Arab American students must focus on how contemporary global and national politics shape the lives of these youth and their families. Arab immigrants and Arab American citizens alike experience specific forms of racial oppression that hold implications for school curricula,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Arabs, North Americans, Politics of Education