Strong states, weak schools the benefits and dilemmas of centralized accountability /

• Other Authors: Fuller, Bruce, Henne, Melissa K., Hannum, Emily
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley : Emerald JAI, 2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in sociology of education ; v. 16.
• Subjects: School management and organization > United States.; Educational accountability > United States.; Educational evaluation > United States.; Teacher effectiveness > United States.; Organization & management of education.; Education > Administration > General.

Civic leaders around the globe now press educators to raise the performance of students and schools. Backed by a colorful array of odd bedfellows - from corporate interests to advocates for the poor - politicians seek to narrow the aims of learning, advance routine curricular packages, and tightly a...