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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Education Policy: Theories and Concepts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Policy Defined | |
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| Formation of a Field: Policy Studies | |
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| Formation of a Sub-Field: Policy Studies in Education | |
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| Emerging Research Directions | |
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| Incorporating History into Education Policy Studies | |
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| Viewing Policy through Multiple Lenses | |
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| Theories of Education Policymaking: An Overview | |
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| A Call for Theoretical Pluralism | |
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| Structure of the Book | |
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| Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Theories of Education Policymaking | |
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| Policy Vignette - President Signs First Major Federal Aid to Education Bill | |
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| Positivist Theories of Policymaking in Education | |
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| Systems Theory | |
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| Neopluralist Advocacy Coalition and Interest Group Theories | |
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| Neoinstitutional Theory | |
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| Interpretivist Theories of Policymaking in Education | |
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| Critical Theory | |
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| Feminist Theory | |
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| Postmodernism | |
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| Ideological Perspectives: From Left to Right | |
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| Shortcomings of Interpretivist Theories of Policymaking | |
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| A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Policymaking in Education | |
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| Ethics and Social Justice: The Core of the Four-Dimensional Framework | |
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| Barriers to Ethical Considerations in Education Policy | |
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| Incorporating Ethics and Social Justice into Education Policy Studies | |
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| Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| The Policymaking Process | |
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| The Birth of Policy: Problem Definition, Agenda Setting, and Policy Formulation | |
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| Policy Vignette - The Problem of Defining Desegregation | |
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| Problem Definition | |
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| Conditions and Problems | |
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| Agenda Setting | |
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| The Role of the Media | |
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| Policy Vignette - Agenda Setting, Sputnik, and Education Policy | |
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| The Power of Language in Problem Definition and Agenda Setting | |
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| Policy Vignette - Defining Pathology: Who's At Risk? | |
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| The Role of Political Culture in Agenda Setting: The Normative Dimension | |
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| Institutional Effects on Agenda Setting: The Structural and Technical Dimensions | |
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| Interest Groups and Policy Formulation: The Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Education Policy Implementation | |
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| Stages of Education Policy Implementation Research | |
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| Policy Implementation in Loosely Coupled Systems | |
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| Street-Level Bureaucrats | |
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| Policy Vignette - Implementing ESEA | |
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| Successful Policy Implementation | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Spillover Effects | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Using Evaluation to Improve Education | |
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| Trends toward Better Policy Evaluation | |
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| The Policy Evaluation Process | |
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| Defining Policy Evaluation | |
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| History of Policy Analysis and Evaluation | |
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| Four Dimensions of Policy Evaluation | |
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| Policy Vignette - Evaluating Head Start | |
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| Policy Vignette - Evaluating Title I/Chapter I | |
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| The Normative Dimension | |
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| The Structural Dimension | |
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| The Constituentive Dimension | |
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| The Technical Dimension | |
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| Overcoming Barriers to Good Policy Evaluation | |
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| Research Organizations | |
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| Improving Education Policy Evaluation | |
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| Effects of Improved Policy Evaluation in Education | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Education Policy and School Improvement: Applications and Cases | |
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| Better Governance, Better Schools: School Governance and Policy in Education | |
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| Policy Vignette - Community Control in New York City | |
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| The General Concept of Governance | |
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| Historical Foundations of Governance | |
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| Colonial to Common School (1620-1830) | |
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| Common School to Modern School (1830-1910) | |
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| Modern School to the Present (1910-2000) | |
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| Theoretical Foundations of Governance | |
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| Family State | |
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| State of Families | |
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| State of Individuals | |
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| Democratic State of Education | |
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| Dimensional Foundations of Governance | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Viewing Educational Governance through Different Policy Lenses | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Better Policies for Improved Curriculum, Standards, and Testing | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Legitimization | |
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| Compulsory Education Policies | |
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| Homeschooling: A More Recent Case | |
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| Types of Curriculum | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| The Case of California's Proposition 227 | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Academic Standards | |
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| Test Outcomes | |
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| Making Better Curriculum Policies | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Accountability and School Improvement | |
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| Accountability in Education: A Brief History | |
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| The Role of the Federal Government | |
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| State Accountability Systems | |
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| Policy Vignette - Accountability Policy in North Carolina | |
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| Policy Vignette - Milwaukee's Three-Tiered Accountability System | |
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| Recent Trends in Accountability | |
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| The Value-Added Approach | |
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| State Takeovers | |
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| Public School Choice | |
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| Viewing Accountability through Different Policy Lenses | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Improving Teacher Personnel Policies: Better Teachers, Better Schools | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Policy Vignette - New York Teacher Preparation Reforms | |
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| Technical Dimension: Teacher Education Policy Trends | |
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| Teacher Union Policies | |
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| Policy Vignette - Yonkers, New York, Teachers' Strike | |
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| Law and Policy | |
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| Teacher Participation Policies | |
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| Teacher Policies Reviewed | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| School Finance and Equity: Better Policies, Better Use of Resources | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Education as a Public and Private Good | |
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| Policy Biography - Theodore W. Schultz | |
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| Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance | |
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| Efficiency and Productivity | |
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| Choice and Accountability | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Controlled from Where? | |
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| The States Step In | |
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| Local Responsibility | |
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| Grants and Allocations | |
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| Policy Biography - Ellwood P. Cubberley | |
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| Foundation Aid | |
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| Power Equalization | |
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| Decentralization and Privatization | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Defining Equity | |
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| The Courts Intervene | |
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| Vertical and Horizontal Equity Together | |
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| Technical Dimension: Does Money Matter? | |
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| We're Spending Too Little--Needs Are Great and More Is Needed | |
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| We're Spending More and More--Getting Less and Less | |
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| We're Spending More, but Not on the Right Things | |
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| Policy Vignette - Western School District | |
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| We're Spending More, but It's Unrelated to Learning | |
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| Practical Issues: Improving School Productivity | |
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| Spending and Results | |
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| Future of Education Resource Policies | |
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| State Vouchers | |
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| Open Enrollment--Money Following the Student | |
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| Full-State Charter Schools | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Charter School Policy | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension: Examining the Policy Differences in State Charter School Laws | |
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| Equity in Policy Implementation | |
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| Policy Vignette - Do Charter Schools Increase Segregation? | |
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| Policy Vignette - Do Charter Schools Serve Special Education and Limited English Proficient Students? | |
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| Policy Vignette - Teacher Certification, Experience, and Staffing | |
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| Oversight and Accountability | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension: Evaluating Charter School Performance | |
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| Barriers to Expansion | |
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| Viewing Accountability through Different Policy Lenses | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural Dimension | |
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| Constituentive Dimension | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chapter Assignments and Activities | |
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| Seminal Works | |
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| References | |
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| Future Policies, Better Schools | |
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| Policy Vignette - "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2002 | |
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| Normative Dimension | |
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| Structural and Constituentive Dimensions | |
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| Technical Dimension | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |