Stephen B Lawton
Biographic Data
| ID | 1478357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen B Lawton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen B |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawton |
| SIGNATURE | LAWTON S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Christian Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
State Education Policy Formation
This historical case study focuses on policy making at the state level by analyzing the development of a new policy for English language learners (ELLs) in Arizona. New institutionalism is used as a framework, with political culture and educational regimes acting as environmental factors affecting state policy choices. Key events occurred between 1992, when Flores v. State of Arizona challenged the funding of instruction for ELLs, and 2006, when …
The Changing Teacher Labor Market in Canada
Access to current and reliable teacher labor market information can benefit many groups: governments involved in developing and implementing policies related to resource allocation and manpower planning; university education faculties involved in preservice certification programs for teachers; teacher federations involved in the professional development of teachers; school districts involved in resource deployment; schools involved in the plannin…
Busting Bureaucracy to Reclaim Our Schools
Rejoinder to Gordon and Pearce
Why restructure
There is a widespread movement towards a restructuring of educational administration, as is evidenced by reforms emphasizing school‐site management in the UK, New Zealand, a number of Australian states, and in various US and Canadian cities (e.g. Chicago, Illinois and Edmonton, Alberta). What accounts for these reforms and the similar forms they have taken? Seven competing and complementary explanations are reviewed: a crisis in legitimation, con…
Language, religion, and educational rights in Ontario, 1980‐1990
Distribution of Instructional Resources in Detroit
This study was supported by the Board of Education of the City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. I allocation and distribution of resources for education occurs at three levels: nation-wide, among the fifty states; state-wide, among the districts within a state; and districtwide, among the schools within a district. While some attention has been focussed on the first level (J.W. Guthrie, and S.B. Lawton, The Distribution of Federal School Aid Funds:…
Minority Administrators in Berkeley
Measurement of School Segregation in Detroit
Why restructure
There is a widespread movement towards a restructuring of educational administration, as is evidenced by reforms emphasizing school‐site management in the UK, New Zealand, a number of Australian states, and in various US and Canadian cities (e.g. Chicago, Illinois and Edmonton, Alberta). What accounts for these reforms and the similar forms they have taken? Seven competing and complementary explanations are reviewed: a crisis in legitimation, con…
State Education Policy Formation
This historical case study focuses on policy making at the state level by analyzing the development of a new policy for English language learners (ELLs) in Arizona. New institutionalism is used as a framework, with political culture and educational regimes acting as environmental factors affecting state policy choices. Key events occurred between 1992, when Flores v. State of Arizona challenged the funding of instruction for ELLs, and 2006, when …
Language, religion, and educational rights in Ontario, 1980‐1990
Minority Administrators in Berkeley
Measurement of School Segregation in Detroit
Distribution of Instructional Resources in Detroit
This study was supported by the Board of Education of the City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. I allocation and distribution of resources for education occurs at three levels: nation-wide, among the fifty states; state-wide, among the districts within a state; and districtwide, among the schools within a district. While some attention has been focussed on the first level (J.W. Guthrie, and S.B. Lawton, The Distribution of Federal School Aid Funds:…
Language, religion, and educational rights in Ontario, 1980‐1990
Why restructure
There is a widespread movement towards a restructuring of educational administration, as is evidenced by reforms emphasizing school‐site management in the UK, New Zealand, a number of Australian states, and in various US and Canadian cities (e.g. Chicago, Illinois and Edmonton, Alberta). What accounts for these reforms and the similar forms they have taken? Seven competing and complementary explanations are reviewed: a crisis in legitimation, con…
Rejoinder to Gordon and Pearce
Busting Bureaucracy to Reclaim Our Schools
The Changing Teacher Labor Market in Canada
Access to current and reliable teacher labor market information can benefit many groups: governments involved in developing and implementing policies related to resource allocation and manpower planning; university education faculties involved in preservice certification programs for teachers; teacher federations involved in the professional development of teachers; school districts involved in resource deployment; schools involved in the plannin…
State Education Policy Formation
This historical case study focuses on policy making at the state level by analyzing the development of a new policy for English language learners (ELLs) in Arizona. New institutionalism is used as a framework, with political culture and educational regimes acting as environmental factors affecting state policy choices. Key events occurred between 1992, when Flores v. State of Arizona challenged the funding of instruction for ELLs, and 2006, when …
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