Policy as Practice
A Guide for Music Educators
Patrick Schmidt
Reviews and Awards
"Using a broad range of tools, stories, and examples, Schmidt unfolds policy work as innovation, as a space for music educators to reclaim, and as an opportunity for leadership and making a difference in the profession and in society. Music educators who seek not only to understand and engage with policy, but also to become catalysts for equitable and mindful change, will find this book incredibly useful." -- Sandra Stauffer , Professor of Music Education and Senior Associate Dean of Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
"In this remarkable text, Schmidt brilliantly knits together policy thinking and policy learning; policy is both an outcome and a process. Democratic discourse is needed to establish priorities where conflict exists among powerful forces in which policy goals have been replaced by government regulations." -- Richard Colwell , Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
"With this much-needed, thoughtful, and practical book, Patrick Schmidt provides powerful theory and practical advice for music educators at all levels. This book should be required reading in pre-service teacher preparation programs and graduate music education courses alike." -- Patrick M. Jones , Chancellor, Penn State Schuylkill