Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.S.
education reforms--or dissented from some of them more
effectively--than Chester Finn. Assistant secretary of education
under Ronald Reagan, and an aide to politicians as different as
Richard Nixon and Daniel Moynihan, Finn has also been a high school
teacher, an education professor, a prolific and best-selling
writer, a think-tank analyst, a nonprofit foundation president, and
both a Democrat and Republican. This remarkably varied career has
given him an extraordinary insider's view of every significant
school-reform movement of the past four decades, from racial
integration to No Child Left Behind. In Troublemaker, Finn has
written a vivid history of postwar education reform that is also
the personal story of one of the foremost players--and
mavericks--in American education. Finn tells how his experiences
have shaped his changing views of the three major strands of
postwar school reform: standards-driven, choice-driven, and
profession-driven. Of the three, Finn now believes that a
combination of choice and standards has the greatest potential, but
he favors this approach more on pragmatic than ideological grounds,
arguing that parents should be given more options at the same time
that schools are allowed more flexibility and held to higher
performance norms. He also explains why education reforms of all
kinds are so difficult to implement, and he draws valuable lessons
from their frequent failure. Clear-eyed yet optimistic, Finn
ultimately gives grounds for hope that the best of today's bold
initiatives--from charter schools to technology to makeovers of
school-system governance--are finally beginning to make a
difference.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2016 |
First published: |
2008 |
Authors: |
Chester E. Finn
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Dimensions: |
235 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
376 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-17103-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
0-691-17103-3 |
Barcode: |
9780691171036 |
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