| Description |
xvi, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in government and public policy
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Federal education policy and the changing national polity for education, 1957-2007 / Carl F. Kaestle -- Building the federal schoolhouse in Alexandria, Virginia : a local perspective on the political development of education / Douglas S. Reed -- Dismantling education's "Iron Triangle" : institutional relationships in the formation of federal education policy between 1998 and 2001 / Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot -- Challenges in redistributing resources across local school districts : evidence from Title I and state school finance equalizations / Nora Gordon -- National movement comes home : state politics and educational accountability in the 1990s / Kathryn A. McDermott -- State responses to the No Child Left Behind Act : the uncertain link between implementation and "proficiency for all" / Marguerite Clarke -- From progressivism to federalism : the pursuit of equal educational opportunity, 1915-1965 / David Gamson -- Rodriguez, Keyes, Lau, and Milliken revisited : the Supreme Court and the meaning of "equal educational opportunity," 1973-1974 / Adam R. Nelson -- Policies and programs in the nation's Black high schools : are they evidence based? / Kimberley Edelin Freeman -- School competition and the emergence of symbolism in a market environment / Christopher Lubienski -- Where does preschool belong? : preschool policy and public education, 1965-present / Elizabeth Rose. |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States -- Case studies.
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School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Kaestle, Carl F.
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Lodewick, Alyssa E.
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| ISBN |
0700615423 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780700615421 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700615431 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780700615438 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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