Contemporary Federal Education Policy and Rural Schools: A Critical Policy Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Jerry; Howley, Craig B.
Titel	Contemporary Federal Education Policy and Rural Schools: A Critical Policy Analysis
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 90 (2015) 2, S.224-241 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2015.1022112
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Federal Government; Rural Schools; Policy Analysis; Educational Improvement; Federal Programs; Grants; Program Implementation; Program Effectiveness; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesregierung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Politikfeldanalyse; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe
Abstract	This article focuses on contemporary federal education policy as it manifests in rural schools. Rural schools differ appreciably from nonrural schools in terms of organizational systems, structures, and culture. Federal policies that drive school improvement initiatives (e.g., those regulating the functioning of schools and those managing the distribution of resources to schools) are often not attentive to such differences, adopting one-size-fits-all approaches resulting in policy contexts that are ineffective and even harmful to rural schools and communities. The few national policies explicitly designed for rural schools, moreover, generally fail to engage the state and regional variations that characterize rural schools, resulting in seemingly unpredictable results that often work against the announced policy goals. This article considers three major educational policies of the post-No Child Left Behind era: the Race to the Top grant program, the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, and the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP). Along with describing these programs and analyzing the impact of their implementation in rural settings, the article also offers perspectives on how to level the playing field for rural schools and communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01