The study of educational politics in the U.S. has been locked within an intellectual straightjacket variously called pluralism, pragmatism, or behavioral science. Explains the field's shift from a behavioral paradigm to a policy paradigm. Discusses various policy research and analysis streams, contributions of educational politics study to policy…

Discusses how political science has shaped educational politics. Examines educational politics' contribution to political science theory-building, highlighting federalism, multiple power centers, race relations, and democratic schooling issues. Explores why educational politics researchers diverge from the new political science paradigm (the…