Political spectacle and the fate of American schools / Mary Lee Smith ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Mary Lee.

Series:

Critical social thought

The critical social thought series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.

Summary:

Critically analyzes the politics behind recent school reformsDemonstrates methods that help scholars and the public determine which policies are instrumental, and which are merely symbolic

Contents:

1 School Policy under the Spotlights 1

2 Testing the Theory in Testing Policy 43

3 School Choice and the Illusion of Democracy 81

4 The Contribution of Mass Media to Desegregation Policy 123

5 Research and the Illusion of Rationality 151

6 Education Policy, Inc. 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415932009

0415932017

OCLC:

52877459