Education in the 21st century : meeting the challenges of a changing world : conference proceedings / Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Boston : 47th Economic Conference : June 2002) ; editor, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kodrzycki, Yolanda K.

Series:

Conference series (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) ; no. 47.

[Conference series ; no. 47]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

United States.

Educational planning--United States.

Educational planning.

Education--Economic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Economic aspects.

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education--Social aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Education in the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Boston : Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2002.

Contents:

Address. Education in the 21st century : meeting the challenges of a changing world / Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

American leadership in the human capital century : have the virtues of the past become the vices of the present? / Claudia Goldin

Educational attainment as a constraint on economic growth and social progress / Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

Social and nonmarket benefits from education in an advanced economy / Barbara Wolfe, Robert H. Haveman

Do state governments matter? / Thomas A. Downes

The challenge of transformation / Michael Barber

Improving educational quality : how to evaluate our schools? / Eric A. Hanushek, Margaret E. Raymond

What is the appropriate role for student achievement standards? / John H. Bishop

Panel discussion. Theories of action for effecting education reform / Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Improving education outcomes : in colleges, universities, and beyond / Alan G. Merten

Improving urban public schools : suggestions for teacher union leaders / Richard J. Murnane

An education support system / Warren Simmons

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

52462842