Education memo
Address how the scholarship considered generally informs the work of education researchers, practitioners, advocates, or policymakers.
Discuss how the scholarship considered connects or contradicts with aspects of a school, district, state, or country with which you are familiar.
Memos will be assigned a score based on four factors:
the degree to which they (1) provide a thoughtful summary of the session’s key concepts; (2) present a well-organized and cogent argument; and (3) adhere to the parameters described in the syllabus and to academic writing conventions.
Understand all the FIVE readings:
1. Meyer, J., & Rowan, B. (2003). The structure of educational organizations. In J. H. Ballantine & J. Z. Spade (Eds.), Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education. Second Edition (pp. 201-212). Canada: Wadsworth Publishing.
2. DiMaggio, P. & Powell, W. (1983). The Iron Cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147- 160.
3. Hallett, T. (2010). The myth incarnate: Recoupling processes, turmoil, and inhabited institutions in an urban elementary school. American Sociological Review, 75(1), 52- 74.
4. Russell, J. (2011). From child’s garden to academic press: The role of shifting institutional logics in redefining kindergarten education. American Educational Research Journal, 48(2), 236- 267.
5. Yurkofsky, M. (2020). Technical ceremonies: Rationalization, opacity, and the restructuring of educational organizations. Harvard Educational Review, 90(3), 446-473.
