The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling - Paperback
by Jal Mehta
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jal MehtaSeries:Studies in Postwar American Political DevelopmentPublish date:2015-04-01Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190231453ISBN-10:190231459UPC:9780190231453Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Schools, Administration, Educational Policy & ReformBook Topic:LevelsSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCS195KM7Z
The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling
Ted Kennedy and George W. Bush agreed on little, but united behind the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Passed in late 2001, it was hailed as a dramatic new departure in school reform. It would make the states set high standards, measure student progress, and hold failing schools accountable. A decade later, NCLB has been repudiated on both sides of the aisle. According to Jal Mehta, we should...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190231453ISBN-10:190231459UPC:9780190231453Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Schools, Administration, Educational Policy & ReformBook Topic:LevelsSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCS195KM7Z
Jal Mehta is Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research explores the underlying structures which shape American schooling, the cultural assumptions which underpin these approaches to education, and the consequences of those decisions for schools, teachers, and students. He is the co-editor of The Futures of School Reform. Mehta received his Ph.D. in Sociology...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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