UW–Madison’s Annalee Good has written a book titled “Teachers as Policy Advocates,” with co-author and Framingham State University Associate Professor May Hara.
Good is an evaluator and researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the School of Education and has experience teaching middle school social studies. Her co-author, Hara, also has teaching experience in the New York City public school system.
The book argues that teachers’ active participation in policy advocacy is crucial to creating a K−12 educational system that honors the needs of students, families, and communities. The book is envisioned as a resource for teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and administrators for purposes of reflection, discussion, and action, with the goal of creating more effective and responsive educational policy.
The book’s publisher, Teachers College Press, says that it “offers recommendations for how to engage and empower teachers based on original research conducted with student teachers and practicing teachers in two states; explores how policy affects teachers and students in areas such as school safety, standardized assessments, the COVID-19 crisis, and using digital tools in schools; and helps school administrators identify supports and challenges for incoming teachers.”