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Nichols, T. Philip; Edgerton, Adam Kirk; Desimone, Laura M. – American Journal of Education, 2021
Purpose: As the federal government has retreated from taking a dominant role in encouraging implementation of common K-12 standards, states and districts have moved to fill this education policy vacuum. This study aims to understand how state and district leaders are navigating this new policy environment. Research Methods/Approach: Drawing upon…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Legislation
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Hopkins, Megan; Weddle, Hayley; Castillo, Melissa; Costa, Jessica; Edwards, Katherine; Elliot, Sandra; Gautsch, Leslie; Lowenhaupt, Rebecca; Salas, Veronica – American Journal of Education, 2022
Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual learners (MLs) in state education agency (SEA) leaders' work. This study employs an ecological perspective to examine how SEA leaders promote social justice policy…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Civil Rights, Student Rights
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Superfine, Benjamin Michael – American Journal of Education, 2005
In 1994, Congress reauthorized Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and passed the Goals 2000: Education America Act. Together, these two laws were supposed to support the development and implementation of standards-based, systemic reform initiatives in the states. Despite these high hopes, Goals 2000 and Title I faced a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy