Shaping Education Policy Power and Process Douglas E. Mitchell

Introduction: The Plan of This Volume

1 Progressivism and the Evolution of Education Policy

2 Progressive Conflicts Produced Surprising Policy Changes

3 Education Politics and Equity: An Altered Landscape in Efforts to Expand Educational Opportunity

4 Civil Rights for Individuals and Groups

5 The Post World War II Political Economy of Education Finance

6 The Paradox of Curriculum Policy

7 The Market for Schooling

8 The Influence of Practice on Policy

9 Disconnect by Design: College Readiness Efforts Still Hampered by Divided K–12 and Higher Education Systems

10 The Political Influence of Philanthropic Organizations

11 The New Politics of Educational Reform: Elites, Venues, and the Reframing of Reform

12 All Together Now: The Apparent Resurgence of Locally Based Cross-Sector Collaboration

13 Governance in Urban School Systems: Redrawing Institutional Boundaries

14 What Have We Learned About Shaping Education Policy?