Division L Fireside Chat. Redefining Responsible Education Policy Research During the Triple Pandemic

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

From the 2020 Presidential Election to national Black Lives Matter protests and debates on opening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about the role of education and how to best serve students are at the forefront of mainstream conversation. Educational policy researchers are both responsive to national movements and responsible for guiding and advancing our understanding of educational politics and policy in light of them. In this fireside chat, we convene education policy scholars across a variety of methodologies to discuss what makes a responsible education policy researcher, how different research paradigms contribute to the study of education policy, and how researchers can reflect on the role of education research in responding to and guiding education policy.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsors

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Rachel Whitney Boggs, University of Texas - Austin

• Meghan Comstock, University of Pennsylvania

• Natalie Truong, George Mason University

• Kate Kennedy, University of Southern California

Panelists

• Chantal Annise Hailey, The University of Texas at Austin

• David Quinn, University of Southern California

• Laura Elena Hernandez, Learning Policy Institute

• David O. Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago