1984 STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SOFTCOVER

Who Controls Our Schools?: American Values in Conflict

Education & Teaching

Kirst, Michael W.

Schools & Teaching

W.H.Freeman & Company

The politics of education at the local, State, and Federal levels,

McCutchan, Pub. Corp

Presents a major revision of the most widely used text in the politics of education, Schools in Conflict . Emphasis is on the micropolitics of education at the school site as a reflection of political conflict evident in recent reform challenges. Considers the political interactions within the local setting to address the current increase in bottom-up political activity and looks at the external context of local schools to analyze the political momentum behind education standards. Limits of both deregulation and centralized strategies are stressed. Of interest to practitioners in education and to scholars of educational administration, political science, and sociology. Price for 10 or more, $34.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Political Dynamics of American Education

Wirt, Frederick M.

This new edition of The Political Dynamics of American Education is a major revision of the most widely used text in the politics of education. The authors have devised an original conceptual framework to organize and chart the increasingly complex political web of American education. These competing forces of challenge and steady state now affect all levels of policymaking and administration. Combined, these conflicting forces constitute the dynamic nature of American education. The fourth edition of The Political Dynamics of American Education places more emphasis on school choice, reflecting the political conflict and stress evident in recent reform chal-lenges. The authors expand both on the current increase in local political activity and on the external context of local schools to analyze the political momentum behind education standards. At the same time, the limits of both deregulation and centralized strategies are stressed as academic standards policies confront complex local politics. The most contemporary issues are treated: the 2008 election, politics of charter schools, mayoral control, and the evolutionary politics of NCLB. Each chapter covers the latest school politics research and reviews new political research dimensions and the current state of education politics scholarship. This text is designed in part for practitioners involved in education administrators, teachers, state officials, and lay groups. It will also be valuable to scholars of educational administration, political science, and sociology because of its comprehensive framework and extensive synthesis of current research.

Political leaders, national commissions, and the media have pointed with alarm to declining student achievement, a warning sign, they say, of a pervasive mediocrity that threatens our ability to compete successfully in international markets. This book will attempt to place in historical perspective the current concern with how well our schools perform their function. The aim is to move beyond the history of education to an understanding of today's education policies. Now, as in the past, an aroused citizenry can powerfully influence school policy. But education policy is a complex subject. To be effective in shaping policy requires sophisticated understanding of the history of education and of current patterns of control.

Who Controls Our Schools? American Values in Conflict

Stanford Alumni Association

Universities and colleges often operate between two worlds: higher education and economic systems. With a mission rooted in research, teaching, and public service, institutions of higher learning are also economic drivers in their regions, under increasing pressure to provide skilled workers to local companies. It is impossible to understand how current developments are affecting colleges without attending to the changes in both the higher education system and in the economic communities in which they exist.
W. Richard Scott, Michael W. Kirst, and colleagues focus on the changing relations between colleges and companies in one vibrant economic region: the San Francisco Bay Area. Colleges and tech companies, they argue, have a common interest in knowledge generation and human capital, but they operate in social worlds that substantially differ, making them uneasy partners. Colleges are a part of a long tradition that stresses the importance of precedent, academic values, and liberal education. High-tech companies, by contrast, value innovation and know-how, and they operate under conditions that reward rapid response to changing opportunities. The economy is changing faster than the postsecondary education system.
Drawing on quantitative and historical data from 1970 to 2012 as well as 14 case studies of colleges, this book describes a rich and often tense relationship between higher education and the tech industry. It focuses on the ways in which various types of colleges have endeavored―and often failed―to meet the demands of a vibrant economy and concludes with a discussion of current policy recommendations, suggestions for improvements and reforms at the state level, and a proposal to develop a regional body to better align educational and economic development.

Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted

Business & Money

Scott, W. Richard

Economics

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Who Controls Our Schools?: American Values in Conflict

The politics of education at the local, State, and Federal levels,

The Political Dynamics of American Education

The Political Dynamics of American Education

Who Controls Our Schools? American Values in Conflict

Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted