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Publication Date: 2020-May
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Developing and Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs
Science Education, v104 n3 p479-499 May 2020
Drawing upon interviews with key actors involved in the development of and support for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in the United States, this article shows how a potentially controversial reform came to be actively supported by senior educators. We utilize Kingdon's (2003, "Agendas, alternatives, and public policies," 2nd ed.) concept of policy entrepreneurs to highlight how these educators navigated a complex and contested policy and political environment. We reveal the cogency of Kingdon's argument that specific agendas are dependent upon the "coupling" of particular problems with relevant policies and political support. However, at particular moments in time, the findings also show how those engaged in the NGSS found it beneficial to "uncouple" federal accountability agendas that would have limited support for the NGSS.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Standards, Educational Policy, Entrepreneurship, Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Politics of Education, Political Attitudes, Accountability, Teaching Methods, Teacher Role
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Language: English
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