The allure of order : high hopes, dashed expectations, and the troubled quest to remake American schooling /

Ted Kennedy and George W. Bush agreed on little, but united behind the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Passed in late 2001, it was hailed as a dramatic new departure in school reform. It would make the states set high standards, measure student progress and hold failing schools accountable. A decad...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Mehta, Jal
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Series:	Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:	Public schools > United States. Educational change > United States. Education and state > United States. EDUCATION / General. EDUCATION / Administration / General. EDUCATION / Higher.