The allure of order : high hopes, dashed expectations, and the troubled quest to remake American schooling /

"Ted Kennedy and George W. Bush agreed on little, but united behind the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Passed in late 2001, it was hailed as a dramatic new departure in school reform. It would make the states set high standards, measure student progress, and hold failing schools accountable....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mehta, Jal (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Colección:Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Temas:
Public schools > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Education and state
Educational change
Public schools
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The allure of order: rationalizing schools from the progressives to the present
  • The cultural struggle for control over schooling: the power of ideas and the weakness of the educational field
  • Taking control from above: The rationalization of schooling in the Progressive Era
  • The forgotten standards movement: the Coleman Report, the Defense Department, and a nascent push for educational accountability
  • Setting the problem: the deep roots and long shadows of A Nation at Risk
  • A "semiprofession" in an era of accountability
  • E Pluribus Unum: how standards and accountability became king
  • The transformation of federal policy: ideas and the triumph of accountability politics
  • Rationalizing schools: patterns, ironies, contradictions
  • Beyond rationalization: inverting the pyramid, remaking the educational sector.

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