TY - JOUR
AU - Lindle, Jane Clark
AB - This study focused on federal policy for education of students with disabilities. Assuming that principals occupy a pivotal policy implementation role, this analysis centered on selected elementary principals’ discourse about Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) clause in the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The study used a vertical discourse analysis looking from federal policy documents and case law through state and local guidance documents and finally into principals’ responses to open-ended interviews. These principals exhibited caution in their attempts to interpret LRE. They enforced a distance between regular and special education, ultimately yielding their political agency to others.
TI - Principals as Political Agents in The Implementation of IDEA’s Least Restrictive Environment Mandate
JF - Educational Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy and Practice
DO - 10.1177/0895904814563207
DA - 2015-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/principals-as-political-agents-in-the-implementation-of-idea-s-least-Rc7uP9EbSb
SP - 140
EP - 161
VL - 29
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -