Politics and Policy Knowledge in Federal Education: Confronting the Evidence-Based Proverb

By Steven Putansu

Book Overview

Chapter 1: Policy Knowledge, Politics, and a Proverb of Decision Making The Evidence-Based Proverb and Policy Knowledge as Panacea A Research Approach to Tackle the Evidence-Based Proverb Organization of the Book
Chapter 2: No Panacea - The Purposes, Uses, and Limitations of Policy Knowledge Defining a Typology of Policy Knowledge The Purposes and Creation of Policy Knowledge Direct and Indirect Uses of Data, Information, and Evidence Program Design and the Production of Policy Knowledge
Chapter 3: Challenging the Proverb: A Balanced Model for Governance Decisions Politics and Policy Knowledge as Drivers of Decision Making A Balanced Framework of Politics and Policy Knowledge Political Elements of Policy Knowledge
Chapter 4: The Performance Movement and other Evidence-Based Reforms The Performance Movement: 50 Years of Evidence-Based Reforms Evidence-Based Policy: The Modern Reform Agenda Decision Making in Federal Education Policy
Chapter 5: The Roots of Modern Federal Education Policy Three Transformations of Education in the United States A Federal Role for Elementary and Secondary Education A Federal Role for Higher EducationImplications for the Case Studies
Chapter 6: Improving Access to Higher Education HEA Titles and Background Politics and Policy Knowledge at HEA's Passage Major Eras of Student Loan ProgramsSummary of the Case
Chapter 7: Education for the Disadvantaged ESEA Titles and Background Politics and Policy Knowledge at ESEA's Passage Major Eras of Title I Grant Programs Summary of the Case
Chapter 8: Contending with the Evidence-Based Proverb The Political-Rational Continuum Incremental and Comprehensive Decisions The Implications of Program Goals and Design Quality versus Purpose: Which Policy Knowledge gets Used?
Chapter 9: Moving Beyond the Evidence-Based ProverbUnanswered Questions and a Research AgendaCreating Policy Knowledge: Purpose and QualityUnderstanding, Influencing, and Improving DecisionsLooking Forward: Federal Education Policy and Evidence-Based Policy

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030383970
• ISBN13: 9783030383978
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"