Spinning wheels : the politics of urban school reform / Frederick M. Hess

Author: Hess, Frederick M.
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [1999]
Copyright Date: ©1999
Physical Description: xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

The politics of urban school reform -- Organizational and personal incentives for reform -- The supporting players in urban school reform -- The dizzying pace of urban school reform -- Political explanation of policy selection -- Community context and urban school reform -- The effectiveness of urban school reform -- The spinning wheels of reform : getting unstuck.

Subject(s)

Education, Urban—United States—Administration—Case studies
Education, Urban—Political aspects—United States—Case studies
Educational change—United States—Case studies

ISBN

0815736363 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815736355 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.

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