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Governing Education /

High levels of cynicism about politics, fuelled by a lack of understanding of the real dynamics of policy and the political process, are dangerous to democracy. So argues Benjamin Levin in Governing Education. With this book, Levin seeks to improve public understanding of the way government works, e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Levin, Benjamin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Colección:IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Governing
  • 2 Education in Canada: Myths and Opportunities
  • 3 The Grade Three Assessment: Even Doing What People Want Can Be Hard
  • 4 College Expansion: Unforeseen Problems in Meeting a Commitment
  • 5 School Funding: Managing the Intractable
  • 6 School Division Amalgamations: Giving the Public What It Wants
  • 7 Adult Learning Centres: From Crisis to Opportunity
  • 8 Focus on What Matters: Managing the Department and Looking After Education
  • 9 Improving Government and Improving Education
  • Appendix: Chronology of Main Issues and Events in Education, 1999-2002
  • References
  • Index