TY - BOOK AU - Fowler,Frances C. TI - Policy studies for educational leaders: an introduction T2 - The Allyn & Bacon educational leadership series SN - 9780132678117 AV - LC89 .P655 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Pearson KW - Education and state KW - United States KW - Education KW - Political aspects KW - School administrators N1 - 4; PART I. THE BACKGROUND OF EDUCATION POLICY --; Policy : what it is and where it comes from --; Power and education policy --; The economy and demographics --; The political system and political culture --; Values and ideology --; PART II. POLICY ACTORS AND THE POLICY PROCESS --; The major education policy actors --; Setting the stage and getting on it : issue definition and agenda setting --; Getting the words and the money : policy formulation and policy adoption --; Looking at policies : policy instruments and cost effectiveness --; Policy implementation : getting people to carry out a policy --; Policy evaluation : determining if the policy works --; Education policy in the United States : retrospective and prospective; 1 N2 - In this Fourth Edition of renowned authority Frances Fowler's Policy Studies for Educational Leaders, future educational leaders and actual K-12 administrators get a solid, comprehensive grounding in education policy and the policy process and the important political theories upon which it is based. Included is essential background information about the cultural, economic, demographic, and institutional roots of educational policy and an incisive look at the history of educational policy ER -