Yearbooks

The 2009 Politics of Education Yearbook examines the politics of advocacy in education policy and research. As the nature of political advocacy in education, and the plethora of educational advocates — lobbyists, advocacy coalitions, grassroots community organizers, philanthropists, and religious s groups, for example — have diversified and intensified around many politically contentious education issues, so has the research examining this activity. The articles include recent empirical research and conceptual analyses from established and emerging scholars in the politics of education. Authors explore a range of policy issues, including school funding, social movements, and the influence of advocacy-based research on educational policy. The issue is organized into three sections which reflect the changing nature of policy advocacy in the US: 1) Congress, States, and the Courts, 2) Institutional Arenas: Think Tanks and Philanthropies, and 3) Sociopolitical Movements.

Table of Contents: The Politics of Advocacy in Education

Janelle Scott, Christopher Lubienski, and Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot
        The Politics of Advocacy in Education

Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot and Patrick McGuinn
        The New Politics of Education: Analyzing the Federal Education Policy Landscape in the Post-NCLB Era

Tiina Itkonen
        Stories of Hope and Decline: Interest Group Effectiveness in National Special Education Policy

Bruce D. Baker and Douglas R. Elmer
        The Politics of Off-the-Shelf School Finance Reform

Janelle Scott
        The Politics of Venture Philanthropy in Charter School Policy and Advocacy

Jeffrey R. Henig
        Politicization of Evidence: Lessons for an Informed Democracy

Christopher Lubienski, Peter Weitzel, and Sarah Theule Lubienski
        Is There a "Consensus" on School Choice and Achievement?: Advocacy Research and the Emerging Political Economy of Knowledge Production

Jean Anyon
        Progressive Social Movements and Educational Equity Educational Policy 2009 23: 194-215.

John S. Rogers and Veronica Terriquez
        "More Justice": The Role of Organized Labor in Educational Reform

Catherine A. Lugg and Malila N. Robinson
        Religion, Advocacy Coalitions, and the Politics of U.S. Public Schooling

Gary L. Anderson
        The Politics of Another Side: Truth-in-Military-Recruiting Advocacy in an Urban School District