| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- What difference does Head Start make? -- Is bilingual education a good idea? -- Does class size matter? -- Is social promotion a problem? -- Does more money make schools better? -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Head Start. Bilingual education. Small class size. Social promotion. School funding. Virtually every school system in America has had to face these issues over the past thirty years. Advocates and dissenters have declared confidently that "the research" is on their side. But is it? In the first book to bring together the recent history of educational policy and politics with the research evidence, Timothy Hacsi presents the illuminating, often-forgotten stories of these five controversial topics. He sifts through the complicated evaluation research literature and compares the policies that have been adopted to the best evidence about what actually works. He explains what the major studies show, what they don't, and how they have been misunderstood and misrepresented. Hacsi shows how rarely educational policies are based on solid research evidence, and how programs that sound plausible simply do not satisfy the complex needs of real children. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education and state -- United States.
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Education and state. |
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United States. |
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Educational change -- United States.
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Educational change. |
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Educational evaluation -- United States.
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Educational evaluation. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hacsi, Timothy A. Children as pawns. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002 0674007441 9780674007444 (DLC) 2001051485 (OCoLC)48074189 |
| ISBN |
9780674038127 (electronic book) |
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0674038126 (electronic book) |
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9780674012493 |
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0674012496 |
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0674007441 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674007444 (alkaline paper) |
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