Carrots, sticks, and the bully pulpit : lessons from a half-century of federal efforts to improve America's schools /

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Hess, Frederick M. (Editor); Kelly, Andrew P. (Editor)
Published: Harvard Education Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: [2011]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: viii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-312) and index.
ISBN: 9781612501215 (paperback) :
1612501214
Index Number: LC89
CLC: G571.2
Call Number: G571.2/C319
Contents: The past is prologue? :
federal efforts to promote equity and excellence /
"Government in a box" :
challenges of policy implementation in the American system /
Education policy in Congress :
perspectives from inside and out /
Courting education :
mitigating the Seven (somewhat) Deadly Sins of education litigation /
The federal role in research :
lessons from the field /
Incentives, information, and infrastructure :
the federal role in educational innovation /
Stepping-stones to success or a bridge too far? :
the federal role in educational accountability /
Uncle Sam and the nation's great city schools :
reflections on a rocky relationship /
Jurisdictional politics :
a new federal role in education /
Agenda-setters and duds :
a bully pulpit, indeed /
Rethinking ESEA :
a zero-base reauthorization /
Modernizing federal influence on American schools :
eight key proposals for better measurement, management, and leadership /
Reflections on the federal role :
a half-century of hard-won lessons /