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Publication Date: 2013-May
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The Politics of District Instructional Policy Formation: Compromising Equity and Rigor
Trujillo, Tina M.
Educational Policy, v27 n3 p531-559 May 2013
This qualitative case study extends the literature on urban district instructional policymaking by analyzing the ways in which normative and political pressures shaped district leaders' instructional policy decisions. Drawing on concepts from the politics of education, it shows how teachers and principals repeatedly nullified policies that aimed for equity-oriented, rigorous changes in one urban district when leaders opted to pacify constituents, rather than uphold controversial policies. It complements present explanations of how district instructional policies come to be by comparing the consistency between the values and ideologies of district leaders, principals, and teachers and those implicit in district policies. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Urban Areas, Accountability, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Values, Ideology, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leaders, Teacher Leadership, Educational Change, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Sampling, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Difficulty Level, Case Studies, Superintendents, School Districts, State Standards
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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