“…However, micro-level, contextualized studies of policy processes need not be atheoretical (Hall, 1995). Our study portrays a process in the context of a specific school district, and it exemplifies ways of thinking that multicultural theorists have identified (Banks, 1994;Hoffman, 1997;Sleeter & Grant, 1994) and researchers have observed in other contexts (Borman, Timm, Al-amin, & Winston, 1992;Cockrell, 1996;Cornbleth & Waugh, 1995;Foster, 1990).…”