The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students in the US has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate from high school, acquire a college or advanced degree or earn a middle-class living. They are also much more likely than whites to suffer social...
The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students in the US has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymak...
Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the broader interests shared but poorly articulated by most members of society. Recent changes in our institutions and in the problems they face raise doubts about the capacity of contemporary American government to handle these parochial forces. Congress has seemingly become more fragmented, the presidency more politicized, and the bureaucracy more labyrinthine. After a decade or more of trying, our institutions have not mastered a variety of...
Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the bro...
During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. The fundamental causes of poor academic performance, they claim, are not to be found in the schools, but rather in the institutions of direct democratic control by which the schools have traditionally been governed. Reformers fail to solve the problem-when the institutions ARE the...
During the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's polit...
The authors of this study present a first-hand look at school reform in Great Britain. They show how the landmark Education Reform Act of 1988 imposed a radically new institutional framework on British education - a framework built on the same types of reforms that American activists have been proposing for years: school-based management, choice and accountability.
The authors of this study present a first-hand look at school reform in Great Britain. They show how the landmark Education Reform Act of 1988 imposed...
