Education Reform in the Obama Era The Second Term and the 2016 Election /

• Main Authors: Maranto, Robert (Author), MCSHANE, MICHAEL Q. (Author), Rhinesmith, Evan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Education Policy
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book offers a sophisticated overview of President Obama’s education agenda, exploring how and why education policy became national and ultimately presidential over the past seven decades. The authors argue that the Obama education agenda, though more ambitious, is broadly in line with those of...

Table of Contents:

• List of Tables
• Preface
• Chapter 1:The Birth of the Education President: From local control to Common Core
• Chapter 2: The Dangers of Waivers: How the Obama administration nationalized education policy
• Chapter 3: Common Core Standards: A bridge too far?
• Chapter 4: Shall This Too Pass? Education Reform in the Obama Era and Beyond
• References. .