Reception and Translation into the Local Context: The Timing, Lifespan, and Age of Reforms

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract This chapter introduces three temporalities—timing, lifespan, and age—that capture the various trajectories of SAWA adoption translation at both national local levels. The multiple streams framework, theories that explain reform intensity shortly before after a change in administration, externalization thesis are well-known interpretive frameworks help timing policy borrowing. In contrast, further research is needed on why some reforms short-lived while others sustained institutionalized. Policy analyses determine winners losers likely to yield interesting findings how undermined, reframed, or rejected by disempowered groups, such as teachers unions. Even fewer studies exist evolved or, phrased differently, institutions gradually implement reform. Arguably, historical antecedents institutional legacies actors buy into global they recontextualize it once has been selectively adopted. Such an intellectual endeavor requires retrospective analysis borrowed unfolded over time which features became institutionalized endured twenty thirty years later. Noticeably, comparative researchers education rarely have long horizon sight when chronicling implementation.

Language: Английский

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Who We are is Who We were: Policy Moves that Shape a District

Leadership and Policy in Schools, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 23

Published: June 18, 2024

The purpose of this article is to provide the historical and sociopolitical context an urban midwestern district, track how policy churn over time has been influenced by racism white supremacy continues shape policymaking in district. We use critical analysis review documents, encompassing six decades, interrogate district's past moves inform their need ability pursue racial equity. support our document with semi-structured interviews district leaders. Our findings demonstrate that a number strategic moves, including school desegregation charter movement, have equity focus. study implications for participating as well other districts attempting lasting systemic change.

Language: Английский

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Accountability or Austerity? Examining the Practice of K–12 Early Fiscal Intervention During Periods of Economic Crisis

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 19, 2024

Little research has examined how K–12 fiscal accountability policies and practices intersect with district finances student outcomes during periods of economic crises. Employing a critical policy analysis perspective that distinguishes between the concepts austerity differences-in-differences event studies approaches, this study examines practice early intervention in California’s AB 1200 system after 2008 financial crisis recession. In particular, estimates relationship intervention, finances, academic mathematics reading language arts. Findings suggest led to significant cuts per-pupil expenditures, resulted no increase state or federal revenues an local through property taxes, was negatively associated outcomes, especially arts for Hispanic/Latinx students. When taken together, findings imply California leveraged promote educational spending crisis. Implications recommendations are discussed.

Language: Английский

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Voices in Education: Bolstering Social Studies Education and Revitalizing Democracy Through Action Civics

The Teacher Educator, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 60(1), P. 138 - 150

Published: Nov. 9, 2024

The University of Southern California (USC) Democracy Project responds to the inadequacies traditional civics education, particularly its failure engage marginalized students in meaningful democratic participation. Grounded theories John Dewey and Paulo Freire, project uses an action model connect with real-world issues, promoting critical thinking, collaboration, civic responsibility. This article describes curriculum development process, highlighting partnerships teachers community stakeholders a pilot study involving 23 diverse educators. Using mixed methods approach—including pre-surveys, classroom feedback, artifact analysis—the revealed strong alignment education standards. Notably, 95% rated highly relevant, showed increased engagement leadership addressing issues like environmental justice reproductive rights. Action helped bridge equity gaps by empowering from underserved communities take localized actions, such as public campaigns advocacy projects. research underscores potential revitalize education. calls for expanding across grade levels, integrating media literacy help critically navigate digital spaces, scaling prepare complex challenges life.

Language: Английский

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Racial Category Usage in Education Research: Examining the Publications from AERA Journals

AERA Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

How scholars name different racial groups has powerful salience for understanding what researchers study. We explored how education used terminology in recently published high-profile peer-reviewed studies. Our sample included 1,427 original empirical studies the nonreview AERA journals from 2009 to 2019. found that two thirds of articles at least one category term, with an increase about half almost three quarters between and Other trends include increasing popularity term Black, emergence gender-expansive terms such as Latinx, Hispanic quantitative studies, paucity connoting missing race data or including describing Indigenous multiracial peoples.

Language: Английский

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