Strong states, weak schools the benefits and dilemmas of centralized accountability

• Other Authors: Fuller, Bruce., Henne, Melissa K., Hannum, Emily.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley : Emerald JAI, 2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in sociology of education ; v. 16.
• Subjects: School management and organization > United States.; Educational accountability > United States.; Educational evaluation > United States.; Teacher effectiveness > United States.; Organization & management of education.; Education > Administration > General.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781846639111 (electronic bk.) : 1846639115 (electronic bk.) : 9781846639104 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 243 p.) : ill.

Civic leaders around the globe now press educators to raise the performance of students and schools. Backed by a colorful array of odd bedfellows - from corporate interests to advocates for the poor - politicians seek to narrow the aims of learning, advance routine curricular packages, and tightly a...