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Learning to School: Federalism and Public Schooling in Canada
Jennifer Wallner
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Description for Learning to School: Federalism and Public Schooling in Canada
paperback. Beginning with the earliest provincial education policies and taking readers right up to contemporary policy debates, Learning to School chronicles how, through learning and cooperation, the provinces gradually established a country-wide system of public schooling. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Among countries in the industrialized world, Canada is the only one without a national department of education, national standards for education, and national regulations for elementary or secondary schooling. For many observers, the system seems impractical and almost incoherent. But despite a total lack of federal oversight, the educational policies of all ten provinces are very similar today. Without intervention from Ottawa, the provinces have fashioned what amounts to a de facto pan-Canadian system.
Learning to School explains how and why the provinces have achieved this unexpected result. Beginning with the earliest provincial education policies and taking readers right up ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442615892
SKU
V9781442615892
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About Jennifer Wallner
Jennifer Wallner is an assistant professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.
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