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Fatigued by school reform / by Jennings, Jack,1942-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A blockbuster view of schools -- How it works -- Equity -- The academic standards -- It's the tests! -- School choice -- The importance of parents -- The importance of teachers -- Summarizing."This book examines the Colman report and other reform efforts"--
Subjects: Educational change.; Education and state.; Educational equalization.;
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Early start : preschool politics in the United States / by Karch, Andrew.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-262) and index.A political history of the debate over preschool education policy in the United States. In the United States, preschool education is characterized by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the American debate over preschool education, the author argues that the current state of decentralization and fragmentation is the consequence of a chain of reactions and counterreactions to policy decisions dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when preschool advocates did not achieve their vision for a comprehensive national program but did manage to foster initiatives at both the state and national levels. Over time, beneficiaries of these initiatives and officials with jurisdiction over preschool education have become ardent defenders of the status quo. Today, advocates of greater government involvement must take on a diverse and entrenched set of constituencies resistant to policy change. In his close analysis of the politics of preschool education, the author demonstrates how to apply the concepts of policy feedback, critical junctures, and venue shopping to the study of social policy.--Dust jacket.Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a critical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics.
Subjects: Education and state; Early childhood education;
© 2014, c2013., University of Michigan Press,
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Schooling in the workplace : how six of the world's best vocational education systems prepare young people for jobs and life / by Hoffman, Nancy.;
"Which non-American education systems best prepare young people for fulfilling jobs and successful adult lives? And what can the United States--where far too many young people currently enter adulthood without adequate preparation for the twenty-first-century job market--learn, adopt, and adapt from these other systems? More In Schooling in the Workplace, Nancy Hoffman addresses these questions head on, arguing that "the smartest and quickest route to a wide variety of occupations for the majority of young people in the successful countries--not a default for failing students--is a vocational program that integrates work and learning." As she notes, the programs that successfully integrate work and learning all share a fundamental commitment to helping young people find successful careers: "The purpose is not 'college for all,' as in the United States today, but rather to provide the education and training young people need to prepare for a career or calling." Schooling in the Workplace explores the vocational education programs in a wide range of countries, focusing in rich and useful detail on six in particular: Australia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. Framing these discussions, however, is a persistent focus on American circumstances and challenges. Far more than a survey of six "foreign" programs, this is a book prompted by and organized around the policy and practical challenges facing the United States."--Publisher's website.Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.Introduction -- Qualifying for a calling : the philosophical rationale for vocational education -- Employer engagement : good for the bottom line, good for young people -- State-directed VET systems : formal public/private partnerships in action -- Journal essay: the German dual system : A U.S. observer reflects on a strong VET system / Robert B. Schwartz -- Workplace learning : "the school is not the center of the world" -- Journal essay: ordinary teenagers, extraordinary results : apprentices at work / Nancy Hoffman -- Changing the outcomes of youth left behind : policies and practices that protect and support -- Conclusion : possibilities in the United States.
Subjects: Vocational education.; Business and education.; Business and education;
© c2011., Harvard Education Press,
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Between the state and the schoolhouse : understanding the failure of common core / by Loveless, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index."Between the State and the Schoolhouse examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book describes a series of critical lessons that highlight the political and structural challenges of large-scale, top-down reforms. Education policy expert Tom Loveless argues that there are too many layers between the state and the classroom for a national standards approach to be effective." --
Subjects: Common Core State Standards (Education); Education and state; Educational change;
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The allure of order : high hopes, dashed expectations, and the troubled quest to remake American schooling / by Mehta, Jal.;
"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. A decade later, NCLB has been repudiated on both sides of the aisle. According to Jal Mehta, we should have seen it coming. Far from new, it was the same approach to school reform that Americans have tried before. In The Allure of Order, Mehta recounts a century of attempts at revitalizing public education, and puts forward a truly new agenda to reach this elusive goal. Not once, not twice, but three separate times-in the Progressive Era, the 1960s and '70s, and NCLB-reformers have hit upon the same idea for remaking schools. Over and over again, outsiders have been fascinated by the promise of scientific management and have attempted to apply principles of rational administration from above. Each of these movements started with high hopes and ambitious promises, but each gradually discovered that schooling is not easy to "order" from afar: policymakers are too far from schools to know what they need; teachers are resistant to top-down mandates; and the practice of good teaching is too complex for simple external standardization. The larger problem, Mehta argues, is that reformers have it backwards: they are trying to do on the back-end, through external accountability, what they should have done on the front-end: build a strong, skilled and expert profession. Our current pattern is to draw less than our most talented people into teaching, equip them with little relevant knowledge, train them minimally, put them in a weak welfare state, and then hold them accountable when they predictably do not achieve what we seek. What we want, Mehta argues, is the opposite approach which characterizes top-performing educational nations: attract strong candidates into teaching, develop relevant and usable knowledge, train teachers extensively in that knowledge, and support these efforts through a strong welfare state. The Allure of Order boldly challenges conventional wisdom with a sweeping, empirically rich account of the last century of education reform, and offers a new path forward for the century to come"--"In The Allure of Order, Jal Mehta recounts a century of attempts at revitalizing public education, and puts forward a truly new agenda to reach this elusive goal. Not once, not twice, but three separate times-in the Progressive Era, the 1960s and '70s, and NCLB-reformers have hit upon the same idea for remaking schools. Over and over again, outsiders have been fascinated by the promise of scientific management and have attempted to apply principles of rational administration from above. Each of these movements started with high hopes and ambitious promises, but each gradually discovered that schooling is not easy to "order" from afar: policymakers are too far from schools to know what they need; teachers are resistant to top-down mandates; and the practice of good teaching is too complex for simple external standardization. The larger problem is that reformers have it backwards: they are trying to do on the back-end, through external accountability, what they should have done on the front-end: build a strong, skilled and expert profession. Our current pattern is to draw less than our most talented people into teaching, equip them with little relevant knowledge, train them minimally, put them in a weak welfare state, and then hold them accountable when they predictably do not achieve what we seek. What we want, Mehta argues, is the opposite approach which characterizes top-performing educational nations: attract strong candidates into teaching, develop relevant and usable knowledge, train teachers extensively in that knowledge, and support these efforts through a strong welfare state. This book boldly challenges conventional wisdom with a sweeping, empirically rich account of the last century of education reform, and offers a new path forward for the century to come"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-376) and index.The allure of order: rationalizing schools from the progressive 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 "semi-profession" 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.
Subjects: Public schools; Educational change; Education and state;
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Reign of error : the hoax of the privatization movement and the danger to America's public schools / by Ravitch, Diane.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and index."From the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System; The Language Police ("Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is illuminating" --The New York Times); and the now-classic Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools--an incisive, comprehensive look at today's American public schools that argues persuasively against those who claim our public school system is broken, beyond repair, and obsolete; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the rising "privatization movement" draining students--and funding--from our public schools, a book that puts forth a detailed plan of what needs to happen to schools and with public policy to insure the survival of this American institution so basic to our democracy"--Our schools are at risk -- The context for corporate reform -- Who are the corporate reformers? -- The language of corporate reform -- The facts about test scores -- The facts about the achievement gap -- The facts about the international test scores -- The facts about high school graduation rates -- The facts about college graduation rates -- How poverty affects academic achievement -- The facts about teachers and test scores -- Why merit pay fails -- Do teachers need tenure and seniority? -- The problem with Teach For America -- The mystery of Michelle Rhee -- The contradictions of charters -- Trouble in e-land -- Parent trigger, parent tricker -- The failure of vouchers -- Schools don't improve if they are closed -- Solutions: start here -- Begin at the beginning -- The early years count -- The essentials of a good education -- Class size matters for teaching and learning -- Make charters work for all -- Wraparound services make a difference -- Measure knowledge and skills with care -- Strengthen the profession -- Protect democratic control of public schools -- The toxic mix -- Privatization of public education is wrong -- Conclusion: The pattern on the rug.
Subjects: Privatization in education; School choice; Education and state;
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Education Today : Issues, Policies & Practices / by Watnick, Beryl,editor.;
Edition statement supplied by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Volume 1. History of education ; Education theory ; Education psychology ; Education and the law ; Politics, government & education ; School administration & policy ; Public school education ; Higher education ; School safety -- Volume 2. Multicultural & diversity education ; Curriculum and organization ; Early childhood education ; Guidance & counseling ; Teaching methods ; Special education ; ESOL ; Physical education -- Volume 3. Technology in education ; Testing and evaluation ; Alternative education ; Extended learning ; Service learning ; Teacher education ; Adult education ; International perspectives.This title examines education in America, with articles written by education experts and administrators on a wide range of topics, starting with a historical look at education, and including sections on: Education Theory; Psychology; Law; Government; School Safety; Diversity; Curriculum; Counseling; Teaching Methods; Technology in Education; Testing; Alternative Education; Teacher Education; International Perspectives; and more.
Subjects: Education; Education and state; Teaching; School management and organization; Educational technology;
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Between church and state : religion and public education in a multicultural America / by Fraser, James W.,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.Today, the ongoing controversy about the place--or lack of place--of religion in public schools is a burning issue in the United States. Prayer at football games, creationism in the classroom, the teaching of religion and morals, and public funding for private religious schools are just a few of the subjects over which people are skirmishing. In Between Church and State, historian and pastor James W. Fraser shows that these battles have been going on for as long as there have been public schools and argues there has never been any consensus about what the "separation of church and state" means for American society or about the proper relationship between religion and public education. Looking at the difficult question of how private issues of faith can be reconciled with the very public nature of schooling, Fraser's classic book paints a complex picture of how a multicultural society struggles to take the deep commitments of people of faith into account--including people of many different faiths and no faith. In this fully updated second edition, Fraser tackles the culture wars, adding fresh material on current battles over public funding for private religious schools. He also addresses the development of the long-simmering evolution-creationism debate and explores the tensions surrounding a discussion of religion and the accommodation of an increasingly religiously diverse American student body. Between Church and State includes new scholarship on the role of Roger Williams and William Penn in developing early American conceptions of religious liberty. It traces the modern expansion of Catholic parochial schools and closely examines the passage of the First Amendment, changes in American Indian tribal education, the place of religion in Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois's debates about African American schooling, and the rapid growth of Jewish day schools among a community previously known for its deep commitment to secular public education. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Religion in the public schools; Church and state; Cultural pluralism;
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Student relevance matters : why do I have to know this stuff? / by Kolis, Mickey,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137) and index.Fact-based instruction: why it seems to work -- Generally accepted patterns and outcomes of fact-based instruction -- A skeptics' view of fact-based instruction -- Generally ignored patterns and outcomes of fact-based instruction -- Why purpose is important -- The purpose of language arts -- The purpose of social studies -- The purpose of science -- The purpose of mathematics -- The purpose of health and physical education -- The purpose of art -- The purpose of music -- The purpose of vocational education -- The purpose of foreign language -- All together: the content area purposes -- Knowledge needed -- The role of ... -- The compelling why -- Compelling whys as beginning points.
Subjects: Education; Education; Educational change;
© c2011., Rowman & Littlefield Education,
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Academic libraries : their rationale and role in American higher education / by McCabe, Gerard B.; Person, Ruth J.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-220) and index. The academic library : its place and role in the institution / Joanne R. Euster -- What community colleges need from their libraries / David R. Dowell and Jack A. Scott -- Benign neglect of the "heart of the college" : liberal arts college deans look at the library / Lloyd W. Chapin and Larry Hardesty -- The library and the provost / Peter E. Wagner -- Professional education for academic librarians / Anne Woodsworth and Mary Westermann -- Training and development for library staff / Tom Wilding -- Selection, career paths, and managerial development in academic library administration : forecasting the needs of the twenty-first century / G. Charles Newman -- Academic collections in a changing environment / Ronald F. Dow, Salvatore Meringolo, and Gloriana St. Clair -- Funding academic libraries / Carla J. Stoffle and Kathleen Weibel -- Designing effective library organizations / Charles T. Townley -- Forecasting, forestalling, fashioning : the future of academic libraries and librarians / Jordan M. Scepanski -- A dialogue concerning two new sciences : a shameless knock-off with apologies to Galileo / Paul M. Gherman and Robert C. Heterick, Jr. -- Bibliography : the academic library in higher education, a selective annotated bibliography / Rashelle S. Karp, Rita Rivera, and Sherry Engle.
Subjects: Academic libraries; Libraries and education; Higher education institutions Libraries; United States;
© 1995., Greenwood Press,
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