Strong States, Weak Schools: The Benefits and Dilemmas of Centralized Accountability

by Bruce Fuller

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 align standardized tests. Why are governments pushing to centrally regulate teaching and learning at this historical moment? Do these accountability mechanisms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846639107
• ISBN13: 9781846639104
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"