| Description |
xiv, 280 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Seeking the mantle of "opportunity": presidential politics and the educational metaphor / with Patrick McGuinn -- Retooling K-12 giving -- Making sense of the "public" in public education -- What is a "public school"?: principles for a new century -- The case for being mean -- The political challenge of charter school regulation -- The work ahead -- Choice is not enough -- Inclusive ambiguity -- "Trust us," they explained: racial distrust and school reform -- School vouchers and suburbanites -- The voice of the people -- Tear down this wall -- A license to lead? -- Ready to lead? -- The predictable, but unpredictably personal, politics of teacher licensure -- Lessons from San Diego -- Science and nonscience: the limits of scientific research -- Technical difficulties -- On leaving no child behind / with Chester E. Finn Jr. |
| Subject |
Educational accountability -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Educational accountability. |
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United States. |
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Public schools -- United States.
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Public schools. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0844742112 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780844742113 cloth alkaline paper |
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