%0 Journal Article
%T Ą°The State Pulled a Fast One on UsĄ±: A Critical Policy Analysis of State
%A Carrie Sampson
%J Educational Policy
%@ 1552-3896
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0895904818807324
%X StatesĄŻ increasing involvement in educational policy making can play a significant role in how school districts provide equitable educational opportunities. Guided by critical policy analysis, the purpose of this article is to examine state-level policy pertaining to English learners (ELs) from district-level perspectives. Based on interview and archival data from a multiple case study of three metropolitan school districts in different states, district-level perspectives illustrate how these state-level policies were symbolic, restrictive, or exclusionary toward ELs. The results also demonstrate ways that districts advocated, engaged, resisted, and navigated state-level policies and politics. Based on these findings, I argue that state-level policies and related politics can compromise school districtsĄŻ ability to provide ELs with adequate educational opportunities
%K educational equity
%K critical policy analysis
%K case study
%K English learners
%K school district leadership
%K state policy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0895904818807324