ERIC Number: EJ1019005
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jan
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
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Democracy (In)Action: A Critical Policy Analysis of New York City Public School Closings by Teachers, Students, Administrators, and Community Members
Kretchmar, Kerry
Education and Urban Society, v46 n1 p3-29 Jan 2014
In this article, I serve as a secretary for the critical policy analysis presented by hundreds of teachers, parents, students, and community members during 19 public hearings on school closures in New York City. In testimony at hearings, community members rejected the narrow, statistical approach they felt the Department of Education was using to develop policy. They examined the stated motives for school closures, the terms on which school closures were justified, the interests negotiated in policies, and the consequences of these decisions. Finally, this article challenges academics and policymakers to engage more authentically with community knowledge.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Closing, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Criticism, Democracy, Educational Administration, Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Decision Making, Hearings, Content Analysis, Citizen Participation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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