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Participants are actively involved in setting agenda and creating alternatives. Diverse group: President, Administration, Congress, Civil Servants, Parties, ...
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Amber Lovell EDUC 875, 2010
General Concepts
Policy Agenda, Decision Agenda and Alternatives
Subjects that get attention
Subjects that are up for active decision
Actions or solutions to the status quo
Old Models Do Not Tell the Whole Story
Origins Theory
Tracing policy history can help you understand it
Problems:
Rational Decision Making
Policy happens in a logical, chronological order
Problems
Incrementalism
Policies grow over time
Problems
Who/What When/How POLICY
Problem
Search for solution/explore options
Enact Policy
Expansion
Each of the three streams is INDEPENDENT -Shaped by its own rules -Greatest change occurs when 2+streams meet
Problem Definition and Recognition : There is a difference between a condition and a problem - the former becomes the later through values, comparisons and categories
Problems need attention
Importance of interpretation and people
Why do problems fade : Solutions, Negative Feedback, Politically Dangerous, Budget
Policy-Darwinism Emerging Ideas and Recombination Gradual Encroachment of and idea from diverse sources “Softening-up” the ground
Survival of the fittest:
Politics Stream: Influencing the Agenda Note: existing programs can cause conflict of interest Major factors:
Not specific, many alternatives have a chance
Short in Duration: Often lead to political flexibility
Coupling
Predictable vs Unpredictable Windows
Spillovers and adjacent areas
POLICY WINDOW
The Problem Stream:
Indicators over Crisis
indicators: TIMMS, NEAP
economic realities
monopolistic education
system maintains
mediocrity
The Policy Stream
Softening Up the Ground
ESEA Blueprint trial balloon
Alliance for School Choice & Foundation for Educational Choice
Advocates on both sides of the aisle
Reconfiguration
School choice already exists in a limited capacity through charter schools and local voucher programs such as the Opportunity Scholarships in DC; no longer a huge departure from the status quo
ESEA
Reauthorization
The Coming Window: Who Will be the Entrepreneur?
ESEA Trial Balloon
Voucher Programs and Charter Schools
Advocacy Groups
2010 elections Tea Party
unhappy population
Economy
Failing Schools
Monopolistic System
Fin, Thank you