A critical policy analysis of Texas’ Closing the Gaps 2015
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Katherine Cumings Mansfield, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This critical policy analysis uses critical race theory to provide a counter narrative to the P-16 initiative in Texas known as Closing the Gaps 2015. Findings indicate that while these reforms aim to increase educational access and achievement for people of color, they fall short of addressing systemic inequities such as enduring segregation and unconstitutional school finance policy. Using Texas as a case study illumines the ways the growing number of P-16 councils throughout the US might adapt and improve policy development and implementation to more adequately address educational inequities across racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups. The article closes with recommendations for Texas’ reiteration of Closing the Gaps 2015, titled 60x30TX, currently in revision to guide state education goals in 2016-2030.
A critical policy analysis of Texas’ Closing the Gaps 2015
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(3)
- Language: English
- Date: 2016
- Keywords
- educational pipeline, P-20, P-16, critical policy analysis, social justice, critical race theory