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Download full textWinton, Sue; Jervis, Lauren – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2019
This article discusses findings from a study of a 22-year campaign to change special education assessment policy in Ontario by the advocacy organization People for Education (P4E) and explains how dominant discourses enabled the government to leave the issue unresolved. Based on a rhetorical analysis of 58 documents, the article identifies…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Advocacy, Neoliberalism, Special Education
Direct linkWinton, Sue – Critical Studies in Education, 2018
School fundraising is known to reproduce inequities in schools, yet it remains common practice in Ontario, Canada; findings from a critical policy analysis of an advocacy group's efforts to change fundraising policy help explain why this is the case. Adopting a discursive understanding of policy, the study used rhetorical analysis to identify how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fund Raising, Policy Analysis, Advocacy
Winton, Sue – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2016
Fundraising is common in Canada's public schools despite objections from some parents, educators, and other citizens who argue that the practice perpetuates inequities between schools and communities. In this article I first situate school fundraising in North America within its broader socio-historical contexts. I then describe Hajer's (1997)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fund Raising, Public Schools, Persuasive Discourse
Winton, Sue; Johnson, Lauri – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2016
This special issue of "Leadership and Policy in Schools" expands knowledge about family-school-community engagement by exploring who is involved in education, in what ways, and for what purposes. This issue critically examines school-community partnerships that work to improve democratic decision-making, support public education,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Family School Relationship, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Winton, Sue; Milani, Michelle – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Fundraising and collecting fees are ubiquitous in Ontario, Canada's public schools. Critics assert that these practices perpetuate and exacerbate inequities between schools and communities. In this article we present findings from a critical policy analysis of an advocacy group's efforts to change Ontario's fees and fundraising policies over the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Advocacy
Winton, Sue; Evans, Michael P. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2016
Grounded in critical policy theories and democratic conceptions of research, case studies of three community-based organizations, one in Canada and two in the U.S., were analyzed to determine if and how the groups engaged with research in their efforts to influence education policy. The findings demonstrate that the community-based organizations…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Action, Educational Policy, Community Involvement
