Advocacy Coalitions in U.S. Special Education: Examining Policy Core Beliefs about Disability Policy

• In Event: Local Politics and Policy

Brief Overview

This study uses the advocacy coalition framework (ACF) to examine the extent to which actors in special education share policy core beliefs and cluster into two belief models from the disability policy literature – the social and medical models.

Authors

• Bryan Parsons, Roanoke College

• Adam Johnston, Tulsa Public Schools