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52.053 - Learning From the Federal Market-Based Reforms: Lessons for the Every Student Succeeds Act

Sun, April 30, 8:15 to 10:15am, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 216 A

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There is a mismatch between what we know as best practice and federal requirements for education. Education researchers are asked for technical advice on how to fix schools, but then ignored because their knowledge doesn’t comport with current laws or dominant political norms. The inequitable status quo is an inevitable result and is a deep reflection of broad cultural norms and power relations. It is sustained by prevailing beliefs and politics, and an academic community that lacks the resources, skills, support, and institutional culture to move its research into the policy-making domain. Relying on prominent and pivotal national researchers, this symposium examines the promises and the shortfalls of NCLB’s market-driven reforms and what they portend for the recent ESEA re-authorization.

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