| Reforming Education: From Origins to Outcomes Contributor(s): Levin, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750709820 ISBN-13: 9780750709828 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world. Reforming Education is an important study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba and the US state of Minnesota. The book looks at a variety of reforms covering: school choice; charter schools; increased testing of students; stricter curriculum guidelines; and local school management. Drawing from theoretical and empirical work in education, political theory, organizational theory and public administration, Reforming Education provides a clearly developed conceptual framework of analyzing reform programs. The author reviews the political origins of the reforms, the process of adoption into law, the implementation processes used to support the reforms and the results of the reforms for students, schools and communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 379 |
| LCCN: 00045934 |
| Series: Education and Change Development (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.15 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world. Reforming Education is an important study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba and the US state of Minnesota. The book looks at a variety of reforms covering: school choice; charter schools; increased testing of students; stricter curriculum guidelines; and local school management. Drawing from theoretical and empirical work in education, political theory, organizational theory and public administration, Reforming Education provides a clearly developed conceptual framework of analyzing reform programs. The author reviews the political origins of the reforms, the process of adoption into law, the implementation processes used to support the reforms and the results of the reforms for students, schools and communities. |
