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Vasquez Heilig, Julian; Brewer, T. Jameson; Kim, Amber K.; Sanchez, Miguel – Urban Education, 2021
To analyze the counternarrative in the public discourse surrounding Teach For America (TFA), this paper represents the first digital ethnography in education policy. We conduct a qualitative analysis of Truth For America, an education policy podcast. We found four overarching themes that arose from conversations with respondents: (1) problematic…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Audio Equipment, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods
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Trujillo, Tina M.; Hernández, Laura E.; Jarrell, Tonja; Kissell, René – Urban Education, 2014
The purpose of this article is to investigate the multiple political histories that have coalesced to produce support for or resistance to the Oakland Unified School District's full-service community schools policy. It analyzes oral history interview data from eight stakeholders who represent the district's major constituencies to explore the…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Urban Schools, School Districts, Oral History
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Sacken, Donal M. – Urban Education, 1991
Outsiders (i.e., regulators, adjudicators, and "messiahs") frequently arrive with insistent demands for school change. The demands of these interest groups should not be set ahead of those of legitimate stakeholders at the school level. Having some interest at risk and commitment are characteristics that distinguish stakeholders from…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education