Using critical policy analysis to examine competing discourses in zero tolerance legislation: do we really want to leave no child behind?

Kennedy-Lewis, Brianna L.

doi:10.1080/02680939.2013.800911

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“…CPA is informed by multiple theoretical underpinnings. For example, it has the bearing of critical theory in examining how instances of policy discourse reflect power dynamics in societies (Kennedy‐Lewis, 2014). It draws on an organisational theory reasoning in exploring policy content and directions in order to understand the way governments are likely to behave (Christensen, Lægreid, Roness, & Røvik, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Decent work for sustainable development inpost‐crisisNepal: Social policy challenges and a way forward

Dhakal

Burgess

2020

Soc Policy Adm

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Although the Decent Work agenda has received significant attention in the context of sustainable development, the formulation and implementation of appropriate social policies in developing countries remain an underexplored subject. This article responds to this gap and traces country-specific Decent Work related policies and programs in Nepal-which is recovering from two major crises: a decade-long armed conflict that ended in 2006 as well as the 2015 earthquake. Drawing on Critical Policy Analysis framework, this article examines how key tenets of the

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Decent work for sustainable development inpost‐crisisNepal: Social policy challenges and a way forward

Dhakal

Burgess

2020

Soc Policy Adm

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“…Policy is a ‘set of shifting, diverse and contradictory responses to a spectrum of political issues’ (Edelman, , 16), made up of multiple interpretations (Yanow, ) and formulated into text. Frequently, policy texts are sites of competing discourses and ideologies, and are illustrative of power structures in policy, social issues and governance (Kennedy‐Lewis, ), which can shape personhood and constitute people in relation to a state (Yngvesson and Coutin, ). Treating policy as discourse permits the researcher to critique these discursive objects through examining power relationships and ideology, and identifying the broad structural features of society present in policy texts (Kennedy‐Lewis, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Childhoods in Policy: A Critical Analysis of National Child Protection Policy in the Philippines

Roche

2018

Children & Society

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This article investigates policy in the Philippines relating to the protection of children, which, despite policy efforts in this space, and growing evidence of child maltreatment and its impact, remains unexamined by the literature. It examines constructions of childhoods utilising a critical policy analysis of national policy documents concerning children's welfare and protection. Analysis finds conflicting representations of children's agency, defining children as ‘becomings’, but also as rights holders and social actors, viewing children as both embedded in, and reliant on, family, consequently detailing important insights into Filipino policy‐making and society.

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“…Second, we were able to locate the implementation of CCSS ELA within a larger pervasive pattern of race and class-based state school segregation that explicitly and implicitly influences teaching and learning processes, including how teachers interpret and translate reading policies and mandates into classroom practices. In this way, we were able to depart from the myth of colour blindness that often dominates educational reform and policy discourse (Kennedy-Lewis, 2014), which is certainly critical to equitable reading reform efforts. The continual analysis of the influence of political manoeuvrings on effective literacy teaching and learning is significant because policy ‘can simultaneously limit our options as teachers and open up possibilities for pedagogy and curriculum’ (Stevens, 2003: 662).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Reading aloud in an era of common core: An exploratory study of the perspectives of primary teachers serving African American children in low-income communities

Duggins

Acosta

2017

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

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Within the last decade, two large reading reform efforts have directed state and local state school reading instruction, the Reading First Initiative (2002) and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (2010). These initiatives have heavily shaped literacy teaching and learning with a focus on disparity reduction in literacy achievement among culturally diverse student groups. Unfortunately, the impact of such policies on student reading achievement and reading instruction is mixed. In other words, there is little consensus or firm evidence to document substantial positive outcomes of reading policy implementation. The current study explores the influence of the Common Core State Standards on the read-aloud perspectives and practices of primary-grade teachers in schools serving predominantly African American children in economically marginalized communities after adoption of the standards. Participants included 64 primary teachers across five Title I schools who completed an online survey that included open and closed ended questions. Researchers used quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse the data, guided by a critical, sociocultural perspective. Overall, findings point to a disconnect between the intentions of the Common Core State Standards in primary classrooms and the realities of how classroom teachers are interpreting the policy and providing instruction as a result, particularly in schools in low-income communities.

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Using critical policy analysis to examine competing discourses in zero tolerance legislation: do we really want to leave no child behind?

Cited by 34 publications

References 34 publications

Decent work for sustainable development inpost‐crisisNepal: Social policy challenges and a way forward

Decent work for sustainable development inpost‐crisisNepal: Social policy challenges and a way forward

Childhoods in Policy: A Critical Analysis of National Child Protection Policy in the Philippines

Reading aloud in an era of common core: An exploratory study of the perspectives of primary teachers serving African American children in low-income communities

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