THE POLITICS OF ADVOCACY IN EDUCATION
2009 Politics of Education Yearbook
Edited by
Janelle Scott (New York University), Christopher Lubienski (University of Illinois), & Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot (University of Georgia)
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 New Politics of Education: Analyzing the Federal Education Policy Landscape in the Post-NCLB Era
Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot and Patrick McGuinn
Stories of Hope and Decline: Interest Group Effectiveness in National Special Education Policy
Tiina Itkonen
The Politics of Off-the-Shelf School Finance Reform
Bruce D. Baker and Douglas R. Elmer
The Politics of Venture Philanthropy in Charter School Policy and Advocacy
Janelle Scott
Politicization of Evidence: Lessons for an Informed Democracy
Jeffrey R. Henig
Is There a "Consensus" on School Choice and Achievement?: Advocacy Research and the Emerging Political Economy of Knowledge Production
Christopher Lubienski, Peter Weitzel, and Sarah Theule Lubienski
Progressive Social Movements and Educational Equity, Educational Policy 2009 23: 194-215.
Jean Anyon
"More Justice": The Role of Organized Labor in Educational Reform
John S. Rogers and Veronica Terriquez
Religion, Advocacy Coalitions, and the Politics of U.S. Public Schooling
Catherine A. Lugg and Malila N. Robinson
The Politics of Another Side: Truth-in-Military-Recruiting Advocacy in an Urban School District
Gary L. Anderson