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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778174703321

Autore

Tyack David B

Titolo

Tinkering toward utopia : a century of public school reform / / David Tyack, Larry Cuban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1995

ISBN

0-674-04452-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

CubanLarry

Disciplina

371.0109730904

Soggetti

Educational change - United States - History - 19th century

Educational change - United States - History - 20th century

Education - Social aspects - United States

Education and state - United States

Education - Political aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Learning from the Past 1. Progress or Regress? 2. Policy Cycles and Institutional Trends 3. How Schools Change Reforms 4. Why the Grammar of Schooling Persists 5. Reinventing Schooling Epilogue: Looking toward the Future Notes Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tinkering Toward Utopia documents the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea and the moderate pace of change in educational practices