Making Politics Work: Practical Lessons on Politics for Would-Be Education Reformers

Making Politics Work

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Making Politics Work: Practical Lessons on Politics for Would-Be Education Reformers

Making Politics Work

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An expansive study shows how politics can work for, not just against, efforts to improve America's schools.

The education reform project has always been about making America's schools more effective for the children who attend them. In Making Politics Work, authors Paul T. Hill and Ashley E. Jochim show that this project cannot succeed without mastering what is the single largest constraint on its success: politics.

Drawing upon more than a decade of work with dozens of school systems, Hill and Jochim show how failures to secure political support or mitigate inevitable opposition dooms the education reform project from the start. But this outcome is not inevitable. By tracing the evolution of the "portfolio strategy" across 27 localities that implemented it, they uncover practical lessons that superintendents, state leaders, and foundation officials can use to increase the likelihood that their ideas for improving public education don't join the list of once-promising initiatives that could not be sustained in the face of intractable political conflict.

Book Details

ISBN
9780226837949
Binding
Hardcover
Authors
Paul T Hill, Ashley E Jochim
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published Date
March 31, 2025
Language
English
Pages
200
Physical Info
0.63 in H x 8.5 in L x 5.5 in W (0.9 lb)

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