Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston, this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical to the successful district-wide adoption of community schools.
By applying the Multiple Streams Model (Kingdon) to comparative analysis of policy determination and the narratives of local stakeholders across a 16-year period, chapters illustrate the role of federal legislation, funding, and buy-in from coalitions, community leaders, and local advocates in ensuring policy adoption in Baltimore City. In contrast, Boston’s more limited reforms are explained in light of local challenges and hindering dynamics. Ultimately, the volume offers key recommendations for stakeholders to drive successful policy uptake in urban school districts.
Offering a new analysis of policy for community schools, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers with an interest in school reform, as well as urban education.
Author(s): Emily Lubin Woods
Series: Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 173
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
About the Author
Introduction
The Case for Community Schools
Why Boston and Baltimore City
Boston: Context and Community School History
Baltimore City: Context and Community School History
How to Navigate This Book
1 Understanding Community Schools: History and Context
History
Understanding Community Schools
Considering the Impact of District-Wide Versus Single-Site Initiatives
Conclusion: Community Schools as an Equity Strategy
2 Theoretical Framework and Methodology for Analyzing Policy Determination Processes
Situating Policy Analysis
Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model
Derivation of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model
Multiple Streams Approach: General Overview
Applications of the Multiple Streams Model
The Multiple Streams Model: Comparing Policy Processes in Boston and Baltimore City
Literature Gap
Conceptual Model for My Study
Process Tracing Methodology
Comparative Process Tracing
Data Collection
Participants
Data Analysis
Site Selection
Conclusion
3 A Case Study of Boston’s Unrealized Efforts to Establish Community Schools
Problem Stream
Policy Stream
Politics Stream
Policy Windows
The Policy Entrepreneur
What Can We Learn From the Boston Case?
4 A Case Study of Baltimore City’s Enabling Yet Nuanced Dynamics
Overview of the Baltimore City Story
Problem Stream
Policy Stream
Politics Stream
Policy Windows
The Policy Entrepreneur
What Can We Learn From the Baltimore City Case?
5 A Comparative Analysis and Recommendations for Stakeholders/Advocates
Problem Stream
Policy Stream
Politics Stream
Policy Windows
The Policy Entrepreneur
Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Research
6 Community Schools Happen With—Not To—A Community
Key Findings
Community Schools Today in Baltimore City
Community Schools Today in Boston
Policy and Equity
Appendices
Index
