The democratic dilemma of American education : out of many, one? / / Arnold Shober
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| Autore: |
Shober Arnold F. <1976->
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| Titolo: |
The democratic dilemma of American education : out of many, one? / / Arnold Shober
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| Pubblicazione: | Boulder, CO : , : Westview Press, , [2012] |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 379.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy and education - United States |
| Democracy and education -- United States | |
| Education and state - United States | |
| Education and state -- United States | |
| Education | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Education, Special Topics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-258) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Out of Many, One?; Public Policy; Democratic Norms; Conclusion; Suggested Readings; 2. Structuring Democracy in American Education; Governing American Education; Federal Institutions; State Institutions; Local Institutions; School Institutions; Conclusion; Suggested Readings; 3. Including Americans; The Problem: What's Race Got to Do with It?; Healing Hearts Through Desegregation . . .; . . . Or Healing Minds Through Academic Achievement?; Evaluating Federal Action; Conclusion; Suggested Readings |
| 4. When Equity Is Not AdequateThe Problem: Provision or Production?; Measuring Policy Effectiveness: Inputs, Outputs, and Outcomes; From Financial Equity to Adequacy; Inequity and Its Remedies; Conclusion; Suggested Readings; 5. Participation and the Picket Line; Growth of Group Politics in Education; Group Benefits and Contemporary Teachers' Unions; Contesting Union Strength; Unions and Merit Pay: Teaching for Results; Conclusion; Suggested Readings; 6. Understanding History, Understanding Students; Defining Understanding; Parents, Puritans, and Progressives | |
| National or Federal Understanding? The Growth of Curriculum StandardsConclusion; Suggested Readings; 7. Self-Rule and Structuring Success; Education's Toll Road; School Choice as Self-Rule; Conclusion; Suggested Readings; 8. Devolving the Dilemma?; Inclusion; Equity; Participation; Understanding; Self-Rule; Out of Many, One?; Appendix: Timeline of American Educational Policy; Notes; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A compelling and highly effective analysis of the politics of U.S. education policy and the difficulties in achieving effective education policy in America that is consistent with democratic ideals. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The democratic dilemma of American education |
| ISBN: | 0-429-97251-2 |
| 0-429-49288-X | |
| 1-280-60189-2 | |
| 9786613630148 | |
| 0-8133-4537-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790166303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Dilemmas in American Politics