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January 23, 2008Education Politics - What's Fear Got to Do with It? |
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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The education world is under more scrutiny than ever before. Reports, political platforms, test result comparisons, and various articles in newspapers and magazines all criticize a field that just a generation or so ago was considered an unabashed American success. Educators, students and parents each experience significant fear as it relates to the education system, fearing such things as job loss, testing, bullying, or poor educational quality. The current special issue of Educational Policy, named the Politics of Education Association Yearbook, explores the use of fear in the politics of education and its impact. "The 2008 Yearbook examines the underlying elements of fear in education politics, among groups, constituencies, and levels of government--as a way of understanding the dynamics of school change and reform in a complex post-modern society," commented Journal Editor Ana M. Martinez Aleman. "This volume of the Politics of Education Yearbook covers some new ground in the field of the politics of education," write the guest editors in the introduction. Politics of Education Yearbook, guest edited by Rick Ginsberg and Brice Cooper, is available at no charge for a limited time at http://epx.sagepub.com/content/vol22/issue1/. Blending the best of educational research with the world of practice, the journal publishes articles about the practical consequences of policy decisions and alternatives, examining the relationship between educational policy and educational practice for educators, policy makers, administrators, researchers, and graduate students. SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets.
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