Ordeal of Equality - Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools?

Informationen zum Autor David K. Cohen is John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Education and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Susan L. Moffitt is Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. Klappentext American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But since Title I in 1965 appropriated nearly a billion dollars for public schools! federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. The authors argue that huge gaps existed between policies and programs and the real-world practices they attempted to change. Zusammenfassung American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But since Title I in 1965 appropriated nearly a billion dollars for public schools! federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. The authors argue that huge gaps existed between policies and programs and the real-world practices they attempted to change. Inhaltsverzeichnis * The Transformation of Title I? * Policy and Practice * Practice Failure and Policy * Federal Policy and Classroom Practice * Mission Revised * Policy and Capability: Title I and Standards-Based Reform * Title I: Past! Present! and Future * Notes * Bibliography * Index

Product details

• Authors: David K. Cohen, David K. Moffitt Cohen, Cohen David K., Susan L. Moffitt, Moffitt Susan L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674035461
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03546-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Education, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Primary and middle schools, Educational systems and structures, Educational strategies and policy, Education: examinations and assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary