Policymaking in Education: Understanding Influences on the Reading Excellence Act

Creator

Jacqueline Edmondson

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

February 2005

Abstract

Educators and researchers are being called to participate in language and literacy policy making (Roller & Long, 2001). In order to do so, however, there needs to be an understanding of how policy is made. Although policymaking often appears to be an irrational process, there are theories that exist to explain the influences and mechanisms that work to shape policies. In what follows, I adapt Theodoulou and Cahn’s (1995) typology on policymaking in order to discuss how policy is made.

Keywords

Education and state, Public policy

Extent

20

Volume

13

Issue

11

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Edmondson, J. (2005, February 3). Policymaking in education: Understanding influences on the Reading Excellence Act. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(11). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v13n11.

Identifier

E11-00433

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Recommended Citation

Edmondson, Jacqueline, "Policymaking in Education: Understanding Influences on the Reading Excellence Act" (2005). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 148.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/148