Tough love for schools
Subtitle: essays on competition, accountability, and excellence
By: Frederick M. Hess.
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Educational accountability -- Political aspects -- United States.; Public schools -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Seeking the mantle of "opportunity": presidential politics and the educational metaphor; title: Retooling K-12 giving; title: Making sense of the "public" in public education; title: What is a "public school"?: principles for a new century; title: The case for being mean; title: The political challenge of charter school regulation; title: The work ahead; title: Choice is not enough; title: Inclusive ambiguity: multicultural conflict in an era of accountability; title: "Trust us," they explained: racial distrust and school reform; title: School vouchers and suburbanites; title: The voice of the people; title: Tear down this wall; title: A license to lead?; title: Ready to lead?; title: The predictable, but unpredictably personal, politics of teacher licensure; title: Lessons from San Diego; title: Technical difficulties; title: On leaving no child behind; title: Science and nonscience: the limits of scientific research.