Who's in charge here? : the tangled web of school governance and policy

Who's in charge here? : the tangled web of school governance and policy /

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 cons...

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Corporate Author: Education Commission of the States
Other Authors: Epstein, Noel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denver : Washington, D.C. : Education Commission of the States ; Brookings Institution Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
School boards > United States.
Education and state > United States.
EDUCATION > Finance.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education and state
School boards
Schulverwaltung
Schulpolitik
United States
USA
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • 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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