Shaping Education Policy

Douglas E. Mitchell is Professor of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Riverside, USA.Dorothy Shipps is recently retired as an Associate Professor of Education and Public Affairs from Baruch College at City University of New York, USA.Robert L. Crowson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations in Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, USA.

Praise for the First Edition"Shaping Education Policy provides a comprehensive overview of where new policy initiatives and governance structures come from. Perhaps more importantly, it raises questions about what we might expect of their implementation."—Teachers College Record review by Jack Schneider, Assistant Professor, Education, College of the Holy Cross"It is a truth universally acknowledged that American schools are in need of dramatic improvement. Those seeking to understand why this is so—and why 'reforms' almost always fall short of their goals—will not find a better starting point than this volume, which brings together an outstanding group of authors to explore the vexed relationships among history, politics, and educational policy. As political and policy environments grow darker and more turbulent Shaping Education Policy offers a steady perspective on the things that matter most for American schools, and why they are so difficult to achieve."— David N. Plank, Research Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

• ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Progressivism and The Evolution of Education Policy Douglas E. MitchellChapter 2: Progressive Conflicts Produced Surprising Policy ChangesDouglas E. MitchellChapter 3: Education Politics and Equity: An Altered Landscape in Efforts to Expand Educational OpportunityRobert L. Crowson, Jason A. Grissom, and Catherine E. KneppChapter 4: Civil Rights for Individuals and GroupsDouglas S. Reed, Tedi K.Mitchell, and Douglas E. MitchellChapter 5: The Post World War II: Political Economy of Education FinanceJames W. Guthrie & Elizabeth EttemaChapter 6: The Paradox of Curriculum PolicyLorraine M. McDonnellChapter 7: The Market for SchoolingDouglas N. Harris, John F. Witte, and Jon ValantChapter 8: The Influence of Practice on Policy David K. Cohen, Susan L. Moffitt, and Kelly B. SmithChapter 9: Disconnect by Design: College Readiness Efforts Still Hampered by Divided K-12 and Higher Education SystemsMichael Kirst and Andrea VeneziaChapter 10: The Political Influence of Philanthropic OrganizationsSarah Reckhow and Jeffrey W. SnyderChapter 11: The New Politics of Educational Reform: Elites, Venues, and the Reframing of ReformDorothy ShippsChapter 12: All Together Now: The Apparent Resurgence of Locally Based Cross-Sector CollaborationCarolyn J. Riehl and Jeffrey R. HenigChapter 13: Governance in Urban School Systems: Redrawing Institutional BoundariesKenneth K. Wong and Emily M. FarrisChapter 14: What Have We Learned About Shaping Education Policy?Douglas E. Mitchell, Dorothy Shipps, Robert L. CrowsonAuthor Bios