• ISBN13: 9781032139371
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: November 12, 2025
• Pages: 424
• Original Price: GBP 38.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 560 grams

Essentials of Education Policy improves students’ and educational leaders’ understanding of the complex education policy system in the US.

Through an applied pedagogical approach that connects analytical concepts from public policy and education research to professional practice, the book offers academic content and applications for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education leaders. Grounded in pillars of policy studies—educational foundations, governance structures and policy subsystems, the policy process, and specific policy issues—the book provides educational leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to solve fundamental inequities in American education, and empowers them to become change agents.

This engaging textbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in Education Policy, Leadership, and Educational Foundations, as well as for educational leaders.

William Ewell is a Teaching Professor of Education Policy at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, USA. His government career included more than a decade of service in the U.S. Congress and in state government improving education policy systems.