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Today American schools are typically large, consolidated, bureaucratic organizations controlled by state and/or municipal governments. This book examines the remarkable transformation in the form and function of education and assesses the problems and possibilities for the future of schools and our nation.

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Contents Acknowledgments Chapter One: The World We Have Lost Chapter Two: Assessment, Bureaucracy and Consolidation Chapter Three: Seizing the Schools: States and Municipalities Take Control Chapter Four: The Consolidation Century Chapter Five: Embracing the Corporate Model Chapter Six: The Roots of Standardized Assessment Chapter Seven: Testing in Schools Chapter Eight: Problems in Corporate and School Bureaucracy Chapter Nine: What have we Done? Chapter Ten: What is to be Done? References Index

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/9/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781475817010, 978-1475817010
      ISBN10: 1475817010

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Today American schools are typically large, consolidated, bureaucratic organizations controlled by state and/or municipal governments. This book examines the remarkable transformation in the form and function of education and assesses the problems and possibilities for the future of schools and our nation.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgments Chapter One: The World We Have Lost Chapter Two: Assessment, Bureaucracy and Consolidation Chapter Three: Seizing the Schools: States and Municipalities Take Control Chapter Four: The Consolidation Century Chapter Five: Embracing the Corporate Model Chapter Six: The Roots of Standardized Assessment Chapter Seven: Testing in Schools Chapter Eight: Problems in Corporate and School Bureaucracy Chapter Nine: What have we Done? Chapter Ten: What is to be Done? References Index

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