1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450383003321

Titolo

Who's in charge here? [[electronic resource] ] : the tangled web of school governance and policy / / Noel Epstein, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denver, : Education Commission of the States

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-81304-0

9786610813049

0-8157-9665-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EpsteinNoel

Disciplina

379.1/531

Soggetti

School boards - United States

Education and state - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOUSM1588601

Autore

Baird, Colin

Titolo

Chimica ambientale / Colin Baird, Michael Cann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Zanichelli, 2006

Titolo uniforme

Environmental chemistry

ISBN

8808170403

Edizione

[2. ed. italiana condotta sulla 3. ed. americana]

Descrizione fisica

XVIII, 491 p. ; 27 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Cann, Michael C.

Disciplina

540

628.50154

Soggetti

Chimica

Collocazione

SALA      540                     BAI.ch01SALA      540                     BAI ch(bis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A. dell'ed. precedente: Colin Baird

Trad. di Eudes Lanciotti, Massimo Stefani.