Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption - A Comparative Analysis of District-Level Policy Reform Processes

Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston, this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical to the successful district-wide adoption of community schools.

By applying the Multiple Streams Model (Kingdon) to comparative analysis of policy determination and the narratives of local stakeholders across a 16-year period, chapters illustrate the role of federal legislation, funding, and buy-in from coalitions, community leaders, and local advocates in ensuring policy adoption in Baltimore City. In contrast, Boston's more limited reforms are explained in light of local challenges and hindering dynamics. Ultimately, the volume offers key recommendations for stakeholders to drive successful policy uptake in urban school districts.

Offering a new analysis of policy for community schools, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers with an interest in school reform, as well as urban education.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Understanding Community Schools: History and Context 2. Theoretical Framework and Methodology for Analyzing Policy Determination Processes 3. A Case Study of Boston’s Unrealized Efforts to Establish Community Schools 4. A Case Study of Baltimore’s Enabling Yet Nuanced Dynamics 5. A Comparative Analysis and Recommendations for Stakeholders/Advocates 6. Community Schools Happen With—Not To—a Community Appendices

About the author

Emily Lubin Woods is Director of Education at the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation. She previously taught as Adjunct Lecturer in Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

Summary

Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston, this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical to the successful district-wide adoption of community schools.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Woods, Emily Lubin Woods, Emily Lubin (Richard K. Lubin Family Founda Woods
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032186641
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218664-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Urban, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Moral and social purpose of education, Schools, Multicultural education, Schools and pre-schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy