Author: Diane MassellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curriculum change
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Ten Years of State Education Reform, 1983-1993
Author: Diane MassellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curriculum change
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Balancing Local Control and State Responsibility for K-12 Education
Author: Neil D. TheobaldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317927869
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
This book examines the impact of state activism on local school autonomy in terms of both financial resources and policy initiatives.
The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps
Author: Jaekyung LeePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190217642
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Through the lens of interdisciplinary and systems perspectives, The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps offers an expert critical analysis of the underachievement problems plaguing the American education system today. By providing a blueprint to meet these challenges, Jaekyung Lee both evaluates and informs American educational policies with a new model of achievement for preschool through college-aged students.
Resources in Education
Author: Handbook of Education Politics and Policy
Author: Bruce S. CooperPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135595585
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Written by a mix of established and rising stars in school politics, policy, law, finance, and reform this comprehensive Handbook provides a three part framework that helps organize this relatively new and loosely organized field of study. A central theme running through the book is how to harness politics to school equity and improvement. Key features include: Thematic Discussions – detailed discussions of key topics in educational politics are organized by themes and competing perspectives. The overarching themes are 1) the goals of the U.S. political system (justice, equity, opportunity, efficiency and choice); 2) the means and resources for reaching these goals; and 3) the political behaviors and compromises that seek to mitigate ideological differences and conflicts of interest. Research Oriented – in addition to summarizing the latest research connected to key topics, each chapter exemplifies and reports on the methods and techniques for further exploration of these topics. Reform Oriented – throughout the book and especially in the summarizing chapter, authors provide suggestions for improving the political behaviors of key educational groups and individuals: unions, superintendents, politicians, school boards, teachers, and parents.
Contradictions of School Reform
Author: Linda McNeilPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135963282
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is failing our children. They point to students' failure to master basic skills, even as standardized testing is widely employed in efforts to improve the educational system. Contradictions of Reform is a provocative look into the reality, for students as well as teachers, of standardized testing. A detailed account of how student improvement and teacher effectiveness are evaluated, Contradictions of Reform argues compellingly that the preparation of students for standardized tests engenders teaching methods that vastly compromise the quality of education.
Understanding Coalitions in State Educational Policy
Author: Tamara Viola YoungDespite the Odds
Author: Merilee S. GrindlePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691118000
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
'Despite the Odds' examines five examples of education reform in South America, focusing on the political battle to secure reform in the face of powerfully entrenched opposition. It shows how strategic choices by reformers can reshape power equations & undermine institutional biases.
The Charter School Challenge
Author: Bryan C. HasselPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815719939
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Charter schools have become a national phenomenon, garnering praise from both Democrats and Republicans. Because they appear to sidestep both political stalemate and the practical difficulty of implementing widespread change--the traditional barriers to improvement in American public education--charter schools hold great promise as an educational reform. Now, with charter laws on the books in more than thirty states, Bryan Hassel investigates whether charter schools have been able to avoid the pitfalls that have tripped up so many other "revolutionary" school reforms. After a broad overview of how charter laws have been adopted nationwide, this book focuses in depth on charter schools in Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan. Hassel reviews the four states' implementation of charter laws and whether their programs are providing sufficient autonomy, resources, and potential to influence the broader education system--all essential components for charter schools' success. He concludes that if states want to give charter schools a full test, they should empower nonlocal entities to approve charter schools, establish the schools as distinct local entities, allow full per-pupil funding to go with students to the charter schools, and impose minimal constraints on the source and number of charter schools. The schools themselves will need to improve their infrastructure, and charter-granting agencies will have to rebuild the systems for monitoring schools' academic results and compliance with regulations. These policies are vital if charter schools are to realize their potential as a significant educational reform.
Recent Department of Education Publications in ERIC
Author: United States. Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : ERIC (Information retrieval system)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description