Extracurricular programs, which tend to be both highly institutionalized and popular with parents, were hard hit by cutbacks during the Great Recession. This study uses conceptual research on organizational routines and institutional processes to examine this case of controversial policy making. Observing school district policy making in two communities, I investigate the role of a commonplace routine in eroding collective meaning about the value of the “extracurriculum.” I show that the routine structured what ideas entered into district policy making, with local institutional consequences. By uncovering this role of routines, this article contributes to understandings of dynamics that create openings for education policy change.

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只是说说而已？学区政策制定中的话语和去机构化

课外项目往往既高度制度化又受家长欢迎，在大萧条期间受到削减的沉重打击。本研究使用对组织惯例和制度过程的概念研究来检验这个有争议的政策制定案例。观察两个社区的学区政策制定，我调查了司空见惯的惯例在侵蚀关于“课外活动”价值的集体意义方面的作用。我展示了常规结构了进入地区政策制定的想法，以及当地的制度后果。通过揭示惯例的这一作用，本文有助于理解为教育政策变革创造机会的动力。