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