Buch, Englisch, 626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 908 g
Buch, Englisch, 626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 908 g
ISBN: 978-0-8153-1257-4
Verlag: Routledge
Government policies at the state, local, and federal levels have always shaped the daily lives of U.S. schools. Issues of equity and access dominate, and the newer issue of global competition is also important. This volume of essays by noted theorists and practitioners considers current educational policy issues. Topics and contributors include: Achievement and Mobility-Aaron Pallas; Tracking-Maureen Hallinan; Dropouts-Gary Natriello; Governing the Big-City School System-Kenneth Wong; International and Comparative Analysis-Rolland Paulston; Politics of a National Curriculum-Michael Apple; School Leadership-James Cibulka; Parental and Community Involvement-Mary Driscoll; Advocacy-Judith Cohen; Reform and Policy-Kathy Borman, et al. An index is provided.
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Contents Section I: Conditions for Educational Opportunities *Schooling, Achievement, and Mobility, Aaron M. Pallas *Tracking and Detracking Practices: Relevance for Learning, Maureen T. Hallinan *Parental Ties to the School and Community and Mathematics Achievement, Chandra Muller *Reading Reality More Carefully Than Books: A Structural Approach to Race and Class Differences in Adolescent Educational Performance, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Sumie Okazaki, Dunchun Zheng *Dropouts: Definitions, Causes, Consequences and Remedies, Gary Natriello *Section II: Changing Definitions of Education *Mapping Knowledge Perspectives in Studies of Educational Change, Rolland G. Paulston *Expanding Definitions of Learning and Teaching: Notes from the MI Underground, Mindy Kornhaber and Mara Krechevsky *Thinking Like a Fish: The Implications of the Image of School Community for Connections Between Parents and Schools, Mary Erina Driscoll *Neighborhoods and Corporations: Community Influence on Education Reform, Kathryn Borman and Debra A. Martinson with Louis Castenell, Karen Gallagher and Sally Kilgore *Schools Must Do More For Children-Child Advocacy as an Educational Responsibility, Judith H. Cohen *Section III: Learning and Assessment *The Context of Cultural Inventions: Learning and Curriculum, Ivor F. Goodson *The Politics of a National Curriculum, Michael W. Apple *The Role of Standards and Assessments in a National Model of Reform, David Stevenson *High School Curriculum Differentiation and Postsecondary Outcomes, Thomas B. Hoffer Section IV: New Strategies for Solving Educational Problems *Policy, Knowledge and Power: Some Issues for the Study of Educational Reform, Thomas S. Popkewitz *Can the Big-City School System be Governed, Kenneth K. Wong *Administrative Leadership and the Crisis in the Study of Educational Administration: Technical Rationality and Its Aftermath, James G. and Hanne B. Mawhinney with the assistance of Jerald Paquette *Privatization: Integrating Private Services in Public Schools, Ellen B. Goldring and Anna V. Shaw Sullivan *Why School Choice? A Question of Values, Peter Cookson and Barbara Schneider Special Features*wide coverage of important topics in education policy at both federal and local levels *section introductions give succinct views of the significance of each essay
