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Autor/in | Newman, Anne |
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Titel | All Together Now? Some Egalitarian Concerns about Deliberation and Education Policy-Making |
Quelle | In: Theory and Research in Education, 7 (2009) 1, S.65-87 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1477-8785 |
DOI | 10.1177/1477878508099750 |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Racial Segregation; Educational Finance; Court Litigation; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Politics of Education; Educational Principles; Social Justice; Educational Equity (Finance); Laws; Educational Philosophy; Theories |
Abstract | Deliberative theory has served two purposes in recent studies of education policy-making at the community level in the US: as a lens through which to examine existing practices, and as an ideal toward which to strive. These studies, though, overlook a prior and important theoretical question: "should" deliberative theory be applied to education policy-making? In this article, I explore this question from an egalitarian perspective. I criticize the prevailing assumption that deliberative decision-making is an egalitarian way to make education policy, by underscoring how it fails in this instance on its own terms. I argue that deliberating about education policy is especially problematic compared to deliberations about other social goods, owing to the unique relationship between education and political equality in public fora. I also highlight two features of American education--de facto segregation, and the availability of exit options--that further challenge the appropriateness of using deliberative processes for education policy-making. Given the current state of educational politics, I conclude by pointing to the benefits of school finance litigation and its rights-based approach, which establishes educational entitlements that apply across communities. (Contains 14 notes.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |