Shaping education policy: power and process

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Plan of This Volume -- 1 Progressivism and the Evolution of Education Policy -- 2 Progressive Conflicts Produced Surprising Policy Changes -- 3 Education Politics and Equity: An Altered Landscape in Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunity -- 4 Civil Rights for Individuals and Groups -- 5 The Post World War II Political Economy of Education Finance -- 6 The Paradox of Curriculum Policy -- 7 The Market for Schooling -- 8 The Influence of Practice on Policy -- 9 Disconnect by Design: College Readiness Efforts Still Hampered by Divided K-12 and Higher Education Systems -- 10 The Political Influence of Philanthropic Organizations -- 11 The New Politics of Educational Reform: Elites, Venues, and the Reframing of Reform -- 12 All Together Now: The Apparent Resurgence of Locally Based Cross-Sector Collaboration -- 13 Governance in Urban School Systems: Redrawing Institutional Boundaries -- 14 What Have We Learned About Shaping Education Policy? -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Shaping Education Policy is a comprehensive overview of education politics and policy during the most turbulent and rapidly changing period in American history. Respected scholars review the history of education policy to explain the political powers and processes that shape education today. Chapters cover major themes that have influenced education, including the civil rights movement, federal involvement, the accountability movement, family choice, and development of nationalization and globalization. Sponsored by the Politics of Education Association, this edited collection examines the tum