Who's in Charge Here? The Tangled Web of School Governance and Policy

Name: Who's in Charge Here? The Tangled Web of School Governance and Policy
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ISBN: 9780815724711

ISBN-10: 0815724713

ISBN-13: 9780815724711

Edition: 2004

Authors: Noel Epstein

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Behind the scenes, a revolution is taking place in primary and secondary education. Once thought sacrosanct, the principle of local lay control has come under growing attack. In the 1970s and 1980s, governors sought greater influence by promulgating academic standards and even taking over failing schools. Mayors soon followed, with some wresting control of struggling local school systems. Atop this, the president and Congress greatly extended their reach into U.S. classrooms with enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which requires annual reading and math tests in grades 3 through 8, tougher yardsticks to measure whether pupils are making sufficient progress, and penalties for…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication date: 8/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.99" wide x 8.97" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English