Description |
viii, 228 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Educational change and development |
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Educational change and development series.
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Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 --1 The Changing Nature of Education Policy 7 -- 2 Conceptualizing Education Reform 19 -- 3 The Five Settings and the Reform Programs: -- A Brief Description 35 -- 4 Origins 65 -- 5 Adoption 115 -- 6 Implementation 142 -- 7 Outcomes 165 -- 8 Reconsidering Education Reform 190 --Appendix 1: Guide to the Literature 203 -- Appendix 2: Chronologies of Reform 207 -- Formal Interviews 210 -- References 211 -- Index 220 |
Summary |
Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world. Reforming Education is an important study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba and the US state of Minnesota. The book looks at a variety of reforms covering: school choice; charter schools; increased testing of students; stricter curriculum guidelines; and local school management. Drawing from theoretical and empirical work in education, political theory, organizational theory and public administration, Reforming Education provides a clearly developed conceptual framework of analyzing reform programs. The author reviews the political origins of the reforms, the process of adoption into law, the implementation processes used to support the reforms and the results of the reforms for students, schools and communities |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Trade Routledge |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Education and state -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Education and state.
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Educational change -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Educational change.
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Author |
Levin, Benjamin.
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LC no. |
00045934 |
ISBN |
0750709812 (paperback) |
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0750709820 (cased) |
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