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The state of the system : a reality check on Canada's schools / Paul W. Bennett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Paul W., 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public schools--Canada--Evaluation.
- Public schools.
- Education--Canada--Evaluation.
- Education.
- Evaluation.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- A School System under Stress
- Shaping of the System: The Modern Bureaucratic Education Statein Formation, 1920-93
- Testing Time: The Triumph of Testing, Accountability, and Systems,1993-2015
- Consolidate and Control: School Consolidation and Bureaucratic Managerialism
- Education on Wheels: The Hidden Costs of Busing Schoolchildren
- Public Choice in the System: Catholic Separate Schools, Linguistic Boards, and Diversity
- The "One-Size-Fits-All" Model: Uniformity, Inclusion,and Marginalization
- The "Success for All" Curriculum: The Downside of Universality
- Student Assessment Experiments: Soft Skills and Hard Realities
- The Big Disconnect: High School Graduates and the Preparedness Problem
- The School Closure Wars: and Resistance to Consolidation
- School Boards in Crisis: The Withering of Local Democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bennett, Paul W., 1949- State of the system.
- ISBN:
- 9780228002260
- 0228002265
- 0228002273
- 9780228002277
- Publisher Number:
- 40030107739
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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