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"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 wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levin, Benjamin Ruvin, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bildungspolitik
Education and state.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Manitoba.
Education and state > Manitoba.
Manitoba
Manitoba.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Governing
  • Education in Canada : Myths and opportunities
  • The grade three assessment : Even doing what people want can be hard
  • College expansion : Unforeseen problems in meeting a commitment
  • School funding : Managing the intractable
  • School division amalgamations : Giving the public what it wants
  • Adult learning centres : From crisis to opportunity
  • Focus on what matters : Managing the department and looking after education
  • Improving government and improving education
  • Appendix : Chronology of main issues and events in education, 1999-2002.

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