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

by Evan Rhinesmith, Robert Maranto, Michael McShane

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 recent presidencies, reflecting elite views that since substantial increases in spending have failed to improve equity and achievement, public schools...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137582111
• ISBN13: 9781137582119
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.7"