Education Policy for the 21st Century

By Lawrence B. Joseph

Subjects: School management and organization, Aufsatzsammlung, Bildungspolitik, Education and state, Educational change

Description: This book examines a range of key issues in standards-based education reform. Contributors focus on educational trends and issues in metropolitan Chicago, state education policy in Illinois, lessons of Chicago school reform, and standards-based, systemic reform in other states. The volume also includes chapters on standards and assessment in school accountability systems, effects of school spending on student achievement, and "building-level" obstacles to urban school reform.