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Who's in charge here? : the tangled web of school governance and policy / Noel Epstein, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Denver : Education Commission of the States ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2006Description: ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780815724711 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 0815724713 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 0815724721 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780815724728 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 379.1/531
LOC classification:
  • LB 2831 W628 2006
Online resources:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 2831 W628 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120150

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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