Strong States, Weak Schools: The Benefits and Dilemmas of Centralized Accountability (Research in Sociology of Education) (Research in the Sociology of Education)

by Bruce Fuller (Author), EmilyHannum (Author), Melissa K . Henne (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $161.94

  Why are governments pushing to centrally regulate teaching and learning at this historical moment? Do these accountability mechanisms succeed in boosting student achievement? How are teachers responding to top-down rules, incentives, and the recasting of what knowledge counts inside school? This book answers these questions.