Smith / Miller-Kahn / Heinecke Political Spectacle and the Fate of American Schools

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-95467-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Critical Social Thought

The authors argue that the most influential and well-known educational policy programs in the past 30 years are not based on democratic consensus, but are instead formulated by the political community as symbolic efforts meant to generate personal partisan gain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Mary Lee

Miller-Kahn, Linda

Heinecke, Walter

Jarvis, Patricia F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue
Chapter One: School Policy Under the Spotlight
Chapter Two: Testing the Theory in Testing Policy
Chapter Three: School Choice and the Illusion of Democracy
Chapter Four: The Contribution of Mass Media to Desegregation Policy
Chapter Five: Research and the Illusion of Rationality
Chapter Six: Education Policy, Inc.
Chapter Seven: Finale
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Lee Smith is Professor in the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University and the Director of Southwest Education Policy Studies in Phoenix, Arizona. She has spoken at local schools and educational agencies nationwide on the topics of grade retention and mandated assessment.