Modern Guide to Education Politics in the US

This Modern Guide brings together the latest research on the politics of education in the US, addressing fundamental conflicts that affect education practices across the country. Situating educational politics within the broader framework of democracy, leading experts examine pertinent issues such as equity, race, gender, desegregation, and school choice to reflect on the inseparability of education and politics.Employing pluralist democratic theory, agenda setting scholarship, and critical race theory, contributors explore politics in legislatures and courts, spatial boundaries, accountability systems, micropolitical negotiation, and community mobilization. They review education politics in both urban and rural communities, illustrating its implications at the local, state, and national level. Drawing on commentaries on ethics and injustice, A Modern Guide to Education Politics in the US advocates for public education’s thoughtful and persistent engagement with politics.This timely Modern Guide provides valuable insights for scholars and students of education policy reform, particularly those focused on contemporary US education policy. Practitioners and policymakers working in education will also benefit from the book’s approach to prescient debates in the field.