The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling
(Part of the Studies in Postwar American Political Development Series)
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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 decade later, NCLB has been repudiated on both sides of the aisle. According to Jal Mehta, we should have seen it coming. Far from new, it was the same approach...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0190231459
ISBN13:9780190231453
Release Date:April 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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