Division L Fireside Chat. A Big Tent: Education Policy Analysis From Diverse Standpoints

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In 2021, we continue to experience what Ladson-Billings refers to as the four pandemics—the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic of systemic racism, the economic crisis, and the climate crisis. 2021 also marked the 25th anniversary of AERA’s Division L, Educational Policy and Politics. In this fireside chat, we will engage with prominent education scholars and professionals to reflect on the field of education policy over the last 25 years and will use this historical lens to discuss priorities for education policy in 2021. This professional development session will support graduate students and scholars interested in engaging with a variety of perspectives on the evolution of the education policy field and the most pressing policy and research questions moving forward.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsors

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Meghan Comstock, University of Maryland

• Marisol Jimenez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Natalie Truong, George Mason University

• Kate Kennedy, RAND Corporation

Panelists

• Wendy Castillo, Princeton University

• Janel George, Georgetown University

• Sonya Douglass, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Judith R. Kafka, Baruch College - CUNY

• Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University