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

This title traces the cyclical efforts to 'order' American schooling over the course of the 20th century, from 1920s reform efforts up through No Child Left Behind and the current school accountability movement. The text explores why reformers from both the left and right have repeatedly p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mehta, Jal (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:	Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:	Public schools > United States. Educational change > United States. Education and state > United States. Écoles publiques > États-Unis. Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis. Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis. Education and state Educational change Public schools United States Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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Chapter One: The Allure of Order: Rationalizing Schools From the Progressive to the Present
Chapter Two: The Cultural Struggle for Control Over Schooling: The Power of Ideas and the Weakness of the Educational Field
Chapter Three: Taking Control from Above: The Rationalization of Schooling in the Progressive Era
Chapter Four: The Forgotten Standards Movement: The Coleman Report, the Defense Department, and a Nascent Push for Educational Accountability
Chapter Five: Setting the Problem: The Deep Roots and Long Shadows of A Nation at Risk
Chapter Six: A Semi-Profession in an Era of Accountability
Chapter Seven: E Pluribus Unum: How Standards and Accountability Became King
Chapter Eight: Transforming Federal Policy: Ideas and the Triumph of Accountability Politics
Chapter Nine: Rationalizing Schools: Patterns, Ironies, Contradictions
Chapter Ten: Beyond Rationalization: Inverting the Pyramid, Remaking the Educational Sector
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