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The Ordeal of Equality: Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools?
David K. Cohen
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Hardback. Ever since the Title I program in 1965 appropriated nearly one billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. This title argues that enormous gaps existed between policies and programs, and the real-world practices that they attempted to change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: JKS; JNF; JNKD; JNKF; JNLB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But ever since the Title I program in 1965 appropriated nearly one billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. What has been accomplished in this extraordinary assertion of federal influence? What hasn’t? Why not? With incisive clarity and wit, David K. Cohen and Susan L. Moffitt argue that enormous gaps existed between policies and programs and the real-world practices that they attempted to change. Learning and teaching are complicated and mysterious. So the means to achieve admirable goals are uncertain, and difficult ... Read more
American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But ever since the Title I program in 1965 appropriated nearly one billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. What has been accomplished in this extraordinary assertion of federal influence? What hasn’t? Why not? With incisive clarity and wit, David K. Cohen and Susan L. Moffitt argue that enormous gaps existed between policies and programs and the real-world practices that they attempted to change. Learning and teaching are complicated and mysterious. So the means to achieve admirable goals are uncertain, and difficult ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674035461
SKU
V9780674035461
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About David K. Cohen
David K. Cohen is John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Education and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Susan L. Moffitt is Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University.
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