Educational Leadership
Policy Dimensions in the 21st Century
Published on 9. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-56750-489-7 (ISBN)
Description
The contributors provided in this book shed light on and initiate debates about important policy issues associated with education reform and improvement. The authors do this by linking conceptual frameworks to past research, analyzing these challenges, and speculating about the contours of future research and school practice.
Centering on policy research-based examinations of the future in public education in the United States, this book examines policy issues as they relate to public education governance, finance, curriculum development and community relations. At a conceptual level, the volume explores along several dimensions whether or not public education should exist in its current form, and what is the connection between future configurations of public education, policy development and the global economy,
Centering on policy research-based examinations of the future in public education in the United States, this book examines policy issues as they relate to public education governance, finance, curriculum development and community relations. At a conceptual level, the volume explores along several dimensions whether or not public education should exist in its current form, and what is the connection between future configurations of public education, policy development and the global economy,
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56750-489-7 (9781567504897)
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Person
BRUCE ANTHONY JONES is Associate Professor and Director of the University of Missouri-Columbia Educational Policy Center, Columbia, Missouri.
Content
Foreword by C. Kent McGuire Educational Organizations: Evolving Thinking and Configurations Contests Over Governance of Educational Policy: Prospects for the New Century by James G.Cibulka Privatization of Education: Marketplace Models by Martha Mc Carthy Transactionn Costs and the Structure of Interagency Collaboratives: Bridging Theory and Practice by Patrick Galvin and Janice Fauske Students: The Bottom Line From Policy to Performance: Weaving Policy and Leadership Strategies to Improve Student Achievement by Carolyn Kelley Education and Changing Demographics by Betty Merchant The Power of the Political: Beyond Professionalism in Integrating Programs for Children by Carolyn D. Herrington School Reform: National and Local Dynamic National Standards in Local Context: A Philosophical Analysis by Barry Bull School Change Business and the Private Push by Bruce Anthony Jones and Susan Otterbourg Key Dilemma The Future of Education Finance in Improving Public Education by James G. Ward The School Leadership Shortage: Framework for Policy Discussion by Bruce Anthony Jones Author Index Subject Index