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ADVANCES IN EDUCATIONAL POLICY by Kenneth K. Wong 9780762300273
Booksplease Price: £98.08This second volume in the series is divided into four distinct sections, entitled: institutional fragmentation and policy conference; re-thinking the challenge in teaching; institutions as allies and... -
Perspectives on the Social Functions of Schools by Kenneth K. Wong 9780762303731
Booksplease Price: £113.48This is the fourth volume in a series of studies on advances in educational policy. It is divided into sections which examine: equal opportunities in developing countries; economic gap, racial change... -
Funding Public Schools: Politics and Policies by Kenneth K. Wong 9780700609888
Booksplease Price: £24.14An examination of the fundamental role of politics in funding American public schools. Kenneth Wong underscores constitutional stalemate and the lack of political will to act as important factors... -
The Education Mayor: Improving America's Schools by Kenneth K. Wong 9781589011793
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £43.75In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already under way by mayors... -
System-Wide Efforts to Improve Student Achievement by Kenneth K. Wong 9781593112257
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £67.60Strong system-wide support is increasingly being identified as playing an important role in policy efforts aimed at increasing student achievement (Hightower, Knapp, March, and McLaughlin: 2002). Yet... -
System-Wide Efforts to Improve Student Achievement by Kenneth K. Wong 9781593112240
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.16Strong system-wide support is increasingly being identified as laying an important role in policy efforts aimed at increasing student achievement (Hightower, Knapp, March, and McLaughlin: 2002). Yet... -
Federalism and Education: Ongoing Challenges and Policy Strategies in Ten Countries by Kenneth K. Wong 9781641131728
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £38.87Federalism has played a central role in charting educational progress in many countries. With an evolving balance between centralization and decentralization, federalism is designed to promote... -
Federalism and Education: Ongoing Challenges and Policy Strategies in Ten Countries by Kenneth K. Wong 9781641131735
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £67.30Federalism has played a central role in charting educational progress in many countries. With an evolving balance between centralization and decentralization, federalism is designed to promote... -
Clio at the Table: Using History to Inform and Improve Education Policy by Kenneth K. Wong 9781433104107
RRP: £25.10Booksplease Price: £23.62Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Carl Kaestle, one of the most eminent education historians... -
A Nation at Risk: A 20-year Reappraisal. A Special Issue of the peabody Journal of Education by Kenneth K. Wong
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89This special issue examines the underlying assumptions of the "A Nation At Risk" report, the context within which the Commission's work was situated, and the effects of the report in improving... -
Accountability, Efficiency and Equity: Issues in Title I School Wide Program Implementation by Kenneth K. Wong 9781931576109
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £38.87How efficient is Title I, the largest federal educational program in elementary and secondary schools? What is the quality of the Title I services? Has Title I promoted equity in schools among our... -
Accountability, Efficiency and Equity: Issues in Title I School Wide Program Implementation by Kenneth K. Wong 9781931576116
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £67.60Part of the Research in Educational Policy series, this book covers such topics as: the role of the state in strengthening Title 1 programmes; the effects of racial and economic segregation in urban... -
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of brown V. Board of Education:: Reconsidering the Effects of the Landmark Decision:a Special Issue of the peabody Journal of Education by Kenneth K. Wong
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This special issue commemorates and reassesses the educational effects of the Brown decision. The articles are grounded in theories and methods of several disciplines, including law, philosophy,... -
Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century Michael E. Kraft 9781071902103
Booksplease Price: £86.96Environmental Policy brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and help students think critically about their... -
Charter School Outcomes by Mark Berends
RRP: £71.99Booksplease Price: £64.08Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice, a research consortium headed by Vanderbilt University, this volume examines the growth and outcomes of the charter school movement. Starting in... -
Shaping Education Policy: Power and Process by Douglas E. Mitchell
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34Shaping Education Policy is a comprehensive overview of education politics and policy, which provides conceptual guideposts for future policy development and strategies for change. Leading scholars... -
School's In: Federalism and the National Education Agenda by Paul F. Manna 9781589010901
RRP: £26.50Booksplease Price: £25.21For most of the history of the United States, citizens and elected officials alike considered elementary and secondary education to be the quintessential state and local function. Only in the past... -
A School in Trouble: A Personal Story of Central Falls High School by William R. Holland 9781607098744
Booksplease Price: £22.93During and after his term as interim Central Falls superintendent in 2006-2007, Bill Holland sought answers to why some Central Falls High School students had school success while over half of their...