Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Educational Policy & Reform - Federal Legislation

Since June 2004, millions of parents and teachers across the United States have been receiving report cards in the mail alerting them that their local schools have "failed," For many Americans, this was the first introduction to President Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind legislation, which calls for expanded student testing, more stringent accountability requirements, and annual school-focused report cards at the state, district, and school levels. The legislation ties substantial federal funds for disadvantaged students--which many...

This provocative book asks a simple question: since we know that middle class schools tend to work best, why not give every child in America the opportunity to attend a public school in which the majority of students come from middle class households? Economically integrated schools, the author argues, will do far more to promote achievement and equal opportunity than vouchers, standards, class size reduction, or any of the other leading education proposals on the left and right that seek to make "separate but equal" schools work. Building on two recent education trends --the decline in...

America's fragmented, decentralized, politicized, and bureaucratic system of education governance is a major impediment to school reform. In this important new book, a number of leading education scholars, analysts, and practitioners show that understanding the impact of specific policy changes in areas such as standards, testing, teachers, or school choice requires careful analysis of the broader governing arrangements that influence their content, implementation, and impact.

"Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century" comprehensively assesses the strengths and weaknesses of...

Public education has failed Americans. Politicized and gutted by special interest groups, the nation's education system costs taxpayers $350 billion a year.

The benefits reaped from this dubious investment? Millions of functionally illiterate high school "graduates" incapable of performing simple mathematical tasks without calculators.

"Education in Turmoil "outlines the social, political, and educational costs of a broken education system. James De GrandPre explains how the Department of Education, far from being concerned with student education, instead pursues political goals,...

Until the 1970s, the United States had a proud history of promoting higher education for its citizens. The Morrill Act, the G.I. Bill and Pell Grants enabled...