The Ordeal of Equality - Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools? (Hardcover)

American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But ever since the Title I program in 1965 appropriated nearly one billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing every school in America. What has been accomplished in this extraordinary assertion of federal influence? What hasn't? Why not? With incisive clarity and wit, David K. Cohen and Susan L. Moffitt argue that enormous gaps existed between policies and programs and the real-world practices that they attempted to change. Learning and teaching are complicated and mysterious. So the means to achieve admirable goals are uncertain, and difficult to develop and sustain, particularly when teachers get little help to cope with the blizzard of new programs, new slogans, new tests, and new rules. Ironically, as the authors observe, the least experienced and least well-trained teachers are often in the most needy schools, so federal support "is compromised by the inequality it is intended to ameliorate." If new policies and programs don't include means to create the capability they require, they cannot succeed. We don't know what we need to enable states, school systems, schools, teachers, and students to use the resources that programs offer. The trouble with standards-based reform is that standards and tests still don't teach you how to teach.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Authors:	David K Cohen • Susan L Moffitt
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-03546-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Schools inspection Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	0-674-03546-1
Barcode:	9780674035461

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