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　 Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Section I - The U.S. Educational System Chapter One - Federal Education Policy A Nation at Risk catalyzing education reform The Governors catalyze stronger federal involvement Obama administration and The Race to the Top’s avoidance of ESEA Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Readings Reference List Chapter Two -State Systems of Education History of State Control State Education Structures Referenda Policy development across states: The Story of the Common Core Pushback to the Common Core Moving forward with the Common Core Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Chapter Three - Local School Districts, Citywide Change, and Rural Dilemmas Influencing the Local Level District Consolidation Community Control School Boards Compositions of school boards School board responsibilites Consolidation of power in cities: Mayoral Control Policy Regimes and Civic Capacity Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Chapter Four - Influential Policy Actors National and state actors Teachers Unions Parents/Parent Teachers Association The new major actors Foundations Education Management Organizations Business community Think tanks Research-Practice Partnerships Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Section II - The Policy Process Chapter Five: Public Policy and Power Rational Decision Making Process Policy as a Political Process Policy as Power Policy as Argument Process Matters The Importance of Ethical Policy Defining the Policy Process Comprehension Questions Activities Further reading Reference List Chapter Six: Problem formation, Agenda Setting and Framing Problem Formation Framing Ideas Defining a Target Audience Agenda Setting Finding the Policy Window Social media and framing Behavioral Economics Steady work Punctuated Equilibrium Public Idea Framing a Problem Policy Entrepreneurs Timing Comprehension questions Discussion questions Activities Reference List Chapter Seven - Policy Formation Policy tools Metapolicy Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Future Reading Reference List Chapter Eight: Policy Implementation Relating the top and the bottom Loose coupling Street-level Bureaucrats Policy Feedback, Layered Policy, and Sensemaking Will, capacity and fidelity Intermediaries as facilitators of change District as intermediary Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Chapter Nine: Sustainability and Scale Institutionalization Pillars of Institutionalism Scale A comprehensive model of scale Improvement science Comprehension questions Discussion questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Section III - Ideals of the U.S. Educational System Chapter Ten: Understanding U.S. Ideals Equity Markets Societal control U.S. Political Parties Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List Chapter 11 - Market Driven Reform: The Foundation for the Accountability Movement Market Theory Rational Choice Theory Critique of a Market Based System Academic achievement in market models. Equity and markets. Vouchers Research on vouchers. Charter Schools Funding of charter schools History of charters Research on charters Comprehension questions Discussion questions Activity Further Reading Reference List Chapter 12 - Equity Power Critical Pedagogy Critical Race Theory Equity and accountability Opportunity to Learn as a way to frame equity and accountability Equity and the Courts Race and the Courts Social Class and the Courts Student voice and the right to participate Policy topics with an equity focus Early-childhood education Community Schools Comprehension Questions Discussion Questions Activities Further Reading Reference List