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UNINA9910450383003321 |
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Titolo |
Who's in charge here? [[electronic resource] ] : the tangled web of school governance and policy / / Noel Epstein, editor |
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Denver, : Education Commission of the States |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81304-0 |
9786610813049 |
0-8157-9665-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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School boards - United States |
Education and state - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : who should be in charge of our schools? / Noel Epstein -- Turning points : a history of American school governance / Michael W. Kirst -- The Tenth Amendment and other paper tigers : the legal boundaries of education governance / James E. Ryan -- Recovering from an accident : repairing governance with comparative advantage / Paul T. Hill -- A solution that lost its problem : centralized policymaking and classroom gains / Larry Cuban -- Less than meets the eye : standards, testing, and fear of federal control / Susan H. Fuhrman -- A teacher supply policy for education : how to meet the "highly qualified teacher" challenge / Linda Darling-Hammond and Gary Sykes -- Multiple choice questions : the road ahead / Henry M. Levin -- The American kibbutz? : managing the school's family role / Noel Epstein. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title makes sense of the United States system of school governance and considers where it might be heading. It discusses issues such as recruiting good teachers, school choice, the school's growing 'family ' role and who is, and who should be, responsible for schools and the consequences for the students. |
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