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Direct linkWalton, Gerald – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
James Scheurich argues that practices of policy--normalized over time through repetition--serve three purposes. They structure social problems for which policy is designed to address; construct certain people, implicitly or explicitly, as problem individuals; and shape policy solutions. Following Foucault, he offers what he calls Policy…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Bullying, Archaeology, Policy Analysis
Walton, Gerald – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
The province of British Columbia has a dubious history where support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) issues in education is concerned. Most notable is the Surrey School Board's decision in 1997 to ban three picture books for children that depict families with two moms or two dads. The North Vancouver School Board has also…
Descriptors: School Safety, Board of Education Policy, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
