Who's in charge here? : the tangled web of school governance and policy / Noel Epstein, editor.

Other author Epstein, Noel.
Other author Education Commission of the States.
Format Book
Publication InfoDenver : Education Commission of the States ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004.
Descriptionix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
School boards--United States.
Education and state--United States.

Contents Introduction : who should be in charge of our schools? / Noel Epstein -- Turning points : a history of American school governance / Michael W. Kirst -- The Tenth Amendment and other paper tigers : the legal boundaries of education governance / James E. Ryan -- Recovering from an accident : repairing governance with comparative advantage / Paul T. Hill -- A solution that lost its problem : centralized policymaking and classroom gains / Larry Cuban -- Less than meets the eye : standards, testing, and fear of federal control / Susan H. Fuhrman -- A teacher supply policy for education : how to meet the "highly qualified teacher" challenge / Linda Darling-Hammond and Gary Sykes -- Multiple choice questions : the road ahead / Henry M. Levin -- The American kibbutz? : managing the school's family role / Noel Epstein.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004016556
ISBN0815724721 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks LB2831 .W53 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold