Final Issue Paper
My topic is – Single sex schools
For the issue paper you should research a current educational policy issue which you have selected to explore. A list of suggested issues will be provided, but you may choose your own. If you do so, I would recommend talking to me about the issue to be sure that there is sufficient material available on it. This paper involves research on the issue; you should base it on at least ten different sources. In writing it, you should analyze the topic to address these questions: (1) Why was the policy environment conducive to the development of interest in your issue? (2) To what extent was the national policy environment important? (3) What competing political values lie behind your issue? (4) How was the policy issue defined and by whom? (5) Based on your own values and philosophy or ideology, how would you critique the definition(s) of the issue which seems to have prevailed? (6) What policy actors are interested in the issue and what different positions do they take? (7) Based on the current balance of power, what do you think will happen?
