Dissent from within: How Educational Insiders Use Protest to Create Policy Change

Autor/in	Grossman, Frank D.
Titel	Dissent from within: How Educational Insiders Use Protest to Create Policy Change
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 24 (2010) 4, S.655-686 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904809335110
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Organizational Change; Change Strategies; Activism; Case Studies; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Social Theories; Performance Factors; Interviews; Observation; Content Analysis; Industrial Psychology; Policy Formation; Graduation Requirements; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Organisationswandel; Lösungsstrategie; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Gesellschaftstheorie; Leistungsindikator; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Inhaltsanalyse; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; Politische Betätigung; Abschlussordnung
Abstract	This article utilizes social movement theory to analyze policy change created by site-based educators. The author uses a qualitative case study to examine how an organization comprised of teachers and administrators in New York State used protest to protect a waiver, which exempted students in their schools from having to pass statewide graduation exams. The author finds that the educators' ability to mobilize resources and to strategically frame their struggle in a manner that resonated with policymakers allowed the educator activists to capitalize on emerging controversies surrounding the state's assessment system and create policy change. This article provides a framework to understand how marginalized actors within systems of schooling organize to create change. Such a framework is becoming increasingly relevant as educators attempt to create space for local practice in the current top-down policy environment. (Contains 18 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10