Routledge The Risky Business of Education Policy: Tackling the Tough Issues (Kappa Delta Pi Co-Publications)

null Review The Risky Business of Education Policy is illuminating! Leading scholars provide current perspectives on education policy research and analysis to help anyone responsible for developing, leading, or implementing policy recognize the basis for such an agenda, the lack of research behind such policies, and the consequences. Readers, especially those responsible for policy implementation, will come away better prepared to challenge ill-begotten agendas that harm rather than help schools and society prepare students for a complex world. Kenneth Mitchell, EdD Associate Professor Manhattanville College Editor, AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice This book should be required reading for current and aspiring school leaders. Theauthors of The Risky Business of Education Policy expose the layers of neo-liberal educational policymaking that has systematically contributed to the corporatization of children and educators, as well as the general degradation of democracy and equity.This volume will help support school leaders with evidence-based practicesand strategies essential to confronting the commodification of education in schools. Luke Stedrak, EdD Associate Professor and Hibernia National Bank Endowed Professor College of Education Southeastern Louisiana University. About the Author Christopher H. Tienken, EdD, is an associate professor of education leadership, management, and policy. He is the author of more than 85 publications. His recent books include Cracking the Code of Education Reform: Creative Compliance and Ethical Leadership (Corwin Press, 2020) and The School Reform Landscape Reloaded: More Fraud, Myth, and Lies (Rowman and Littlefield2021). Carol A. Mullen, PhD, is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech. A twice-awarded US Fulbright scholar, she has authored over 190 publications and 27 academic books, including Canadian Indigenous Literature and Art (Brill, 2020); Revealing Creativity (Springer, 2020); Creativity Under Duress in Education? (Springer, 2019); and Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education (Springer, in press).