Review by Bryan Mann, PhD Candidate, Educational Theory and Policy, Pennsylvania State University Book Details: The Prize—Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? by Dale Russakoff. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. 246 pp., $27.00. The Prize, a well-crafted piece of journalism with particular relevance to educational policy scholars, chronicles an urban reform initiative in which
One of the most important aspects of research, professors will tell you, is asking the right question. The “right question” for a researcher is important, interesting, and answerable through a particular methodology. Asking the right question is the cornerstone of inquiry. It orients the investigation and guides the researcher’s thinking. In other words, how a
It has been a pleasure to release the special issue in AJE called: “Understanding How Structure and Agency Influence Education Policy Implementation and Organizational Change.” Thank you for reading the blog posts and engaging with the articles. As we mentioned in the first post, we have opened up access to the issue’s intro and commentary. If you
This is the first part of a three-part series that discusses educational policy issues that the Obama Administration encountered in its first term. The series will also predict some of the policy conversations that will occur during the final four years of Obama’s presidency. This part of the series will discuss K-12 education. Part two
