The Politics of Structural Education Reform

ISBN-13: 9780415962506 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 250 str.

Nitta Keith; Keith A. Nitta

Opis

Examines restructuring episodes in both the US and Japanese educational systems and reveals a similar politics of structural education reform that is driven by symbolic action and bureaucratic turf wars, which has ultimately hindered educational improvement in both countries.

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Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Traditional U.S. and Japanese Education Policymaking  3. Explaining Policy Change in the U.S. and Japan  4. Winning with Moderate Structural Reform: Goals 2000 and the Improving America’s Schools Act  5. Institutionalizing Structural Education Reform: The No Child Left Behind Act  6. Structural Reform Invades Japanese Education: The Program for Education Reform  7. The Japanese Structural Education Reform Boom: The Trinity Reform and Education Rebuilding Council  8. The Politics of Structural Education Reform in Other Contexts  9. Conclusion.  Appendix: List of Interviews

O autorze

Keith A. Nitta is an Assistant Professor at the Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas. He was a Coro Fellow, a JET Program teacher and California Legislature staff, and has published articles on U.S.-Japanese politics and organization theory.