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To Educate a Nation: Federal and National Strategies of School Reform (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
Carl F. Kaestle (Ed.)
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Description for To Educate a Nation: Federal and National Strategies of School Reform (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
Paperback. Aims to bring together the work of some of the young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the federal role in reform efforts. This book addresses such issues as desegregation, education choice, Title I, National Defense Education Act, politics of pre-K education, and Supreme Court decisions on equal opportunity. Editor(s): Kaestle, Carl F.; Lodewick, Alyssa E. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
To Educate a Nation brings together the work of some of the most notable young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the growing federal role in reform efforts; programs to provide equal educational opportunity; the changing relationships among federal, state, and local agencies; and the shifting boundaries between public and private sectors. Collectively, these essays provide a new and penetrating look at how education policymaking has changed over the past fifty years. Individually, they address such issues as desegregation, education choice, Title I, the National Defense Education Act, the politics of pre-K education, and Supreme ... Read more
To Educate a Nation brings together the work of some of the most notable young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the growing federal role in reform efforts; programs to provide equal educational opportunity; the changing relationships among federal, state, and local agencies; and the shifting boundaries between public and private sectors. Collectively, these essays provide a new and penetrating look at how education policymaking has changed over the past fifty years. Individually, they address such issues as desegregation, education choice, Title I, the National Defense Education Act, the politics of pre-K education, and Supreme ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Government and Public Policy
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615438
SKU
V9780700615438
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About Carl F. Kaestle (Ed.)
Carl F. Kaestle is University Professor of Education, History, and Public Policy at Brown University whose books include Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools in American Society, 1780-1860 and Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading since 1880. Alyssa E. Lodewick, formerly assistant director of the Advanced Studies Fellowship Program at Brown, is vice president of the Urban League ... Read more
Reviews for To Educate a Nation: Federal and National Strategies of School Reform (Studies in Government & Public Policy)
A rich and illuminating book on various aspects of national educational policy and politics from a stellar cast of promising young historians and social scientists, deftly organized into a coherent volume by Kaestle. Robert Schwartz, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education ""A must-read for those who are either enamored or skeptical of further concentrating state and federal authority over schooling ... Read more