The Rising State
How State Power is Transforming Our Nation's Schools
1st Edition
Published on 2. February 2009
288 pages
978-0-7914-7711-3 (ISBN)
Description
Examines how federal and state governments have assumed ever-greater control over the education process since the 1960s.
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Bonnie C. Fusarelli | Bruce S. Cooper
The Rising State
How State Power is Transforming Our Nation's Schools
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01/2010
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The Rising State
How State Power is Transforming Our Nation's Schools
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03/2009
State University of New York Press
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Persons
Bonnie C. Fusarelli is Assistant Professor of Education at North Carolina State University. Bruce S. Cooper is Professor of Education Leadership and Policy at Fordham University and the author and editor of many books, including Better Policies, Better Schools: Theories and Applications, coedited with Lance D. Fusarelli and E. Vance Randall.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Michael W. Kirstix
1. Setting the Stage: Where State Power and Education Meet
Bruce S. Cooper and Bonnie C. Fusarelli
Part I. State Case Studies
2. California
Lawrence O. Picus
3. Kentucky
Tricia Browne-Ferrigno
4. New Jersey
Bruce S. Cooper and Philip H. Nisonoff
5. New York
Sandra Vergari
6. Texas
Brendan D. Maxcy, Andrea K. Rorrer, and Enrique Aleman, Jr.
7. Kansas
Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green
Part II. Comparative and National Trends
8. The Roots of Difference in State Educational Policy
Karen Seashore, Molly Gordon, Judy Meath, and Emanda Thomas
9. State Power and Equity
Kevin P. Brady
10. The Incremental Revolution: Nationalizing Education Accountability Policy
Kathryn A. McDermott and Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot
11. Reading from the Top: State Impact on Reading Curriculum and Instruction
Mengli Song
Part III. Trends and Conclusions
12. Improvement or Interference?: Reenvisioning the "State" in Education Reform
Lance D. Fusarelli
List of Contributors
Index
Foreword by Michael W. Kirstix
1. Setting the Stage: Where State Power and Education Meet
Bruce S. Cooper and Bonnie C. Fusarelli
Part I. State Case Studies
2. California
Lawrence O. Picus
3. Kentucky
Tricia Browne-Ferrigno
4. New Jersey
Bruce S. Cooper and Philip H. Nisonoff
5. New York
Sandra Vergari
6. Texas
Brendan D. Maxcy, Andrea K. Rorrer, and Enrique Aleman, Jr.
7. Kansas
Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green
Part II. Comparative and National Trends
8. The Roots of Difference in State Educational Policy
Karen Seashore, Molly Gordon, Judy Meath, and Emanda Thomas
9. State Power and Equity
Kevin P. Brady
10. The Incremental Revolution: Nationalizing Education Accountability Policy
Kathryn A. McDermott and Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot
11. Reading from the Top: State Impact on Reading Curriculum and Instruction
Mengli Song
Part III. Trends and Conclusions
12. Improvement or Interference?: Reenvisioning the "State" in Education Reform
Lance D. Fusarelli
List of Contributors
Index
