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Educational Equity and Local Politics
Sat, April 9, 8:15 to 10:15am, Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 209 CSession Type: Paper Session
Abstract
This session brings together six papers on the local politics of educational equity policies. The specific policies examined include state-operated school districts, public engagement, school district mergers, English language learner policy, and student-based budgeting.
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Papers
Building Civic Capacity to Support an Ambitious, State-Run School District - Joshua L. Glazer, The George Washington University; Blair Elizabeth Beuche, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Democracy Thwarted or Democracy at Work? Coalitions and the Fight for Influence in the Philadelphia Public Schools - Jody Cohen, Bryn Mawr College; Marissa Golden, Bryn Mawr College; Rand Quinn, University of Pennsylvania; Elaine Simon, University of Pennsylvania
Investigating Coalitions in Education: The Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren - Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Wayne State University; Jennifer M. Lewis, Wayne State University; Ben Pogodzinski, Wayne State University; Bobby Dorigo Jones, Michigan State University
Merger, Undone: An Intergovernmental Perspective on School District Consolidation and Fragmentation in Memphis, Tennessee - Erica Frankenberg, The Pennsylvania State University; Genevieve Parker Siegel-Hawley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Sarah Diem, University of Missouri
School Boards' Approach to Policy Making for English Language Learners in the U.S. Mountain West - Carrie Sampson, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Student-Based Budgeting as a Mechanism for Promoting Democratic Decision Making: Testing the Theory of Action - Kristin Sinclair, University of Maryland - College Park; Betty Malen, University of Maryland