Title:
Designing coherent education policy : improving the system
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Pub., 1993
ISBN:
9781555425364
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Summary
Summary
Looks at systemic school reform and shows educators how to co-ordinate the various elements of policy infrastructure around a new set of ambitious, common goals for what students should know and be able to do.
Author Notes
SUSAN H. FUHRMAN is professor of education policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| The Editor |
| The Contributors |
| 1 The Politics of CoherenceSusan H. Fuhrman |
| 2 Policy and Practice: The Relations Between Governance and InstructionDavid K. Cohen and James P. Spillane |
| 3 The Role of Local School Districts in Instructional ImprovementRichard F. Elmore |
| 4 Systemic Educational Policy: A Conceptual FrameworkWilliam H. Clune |
| 5 Student Incentives and Academic Standards: IndepAndent Schools as a Coherent SystemArthur G. Powell |
| 6 New Directions for Early Childhood Care and Education PolicyW. Steven Barnett |
| 7 How the World of Students and Teachers Challenges Policy CoherenceMilbrey W. McLaughlin and Joan E. Talbert |
| 8 Systemic Reform and Educational OpportunityJennifer A. O'Day and Marshall S. Smith |
| 9 Conclusion: Can Policy Lead the Way?Susan H. Fuhrman |
| Name Index |
| Subject Index |
