"Alberta stands as a model of radical education reform in Canada. Standardized exams, school accountability, lean budgets, and "market" choice are rapidly transforming the nature of education in the province." "But reform is not necessarily right or good, especially if undertake…
Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives, providing a comprehensive, thought-provoking overview.
"The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta presents a case study of educational restructuring in Alberta during the 'Klein revolution' - the period of dramatic political and economic change introduced by Premier Ralph Klein's Conservative government of the 1990s. The governm…
The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta presents a case study of educational restructuring in Alberta during the 'Klein revolution' - the period of dramatic political and economic change introduced by Premier Ralph Klein's Conservative government of the 1990s. The governme…
Over the past decade, the influence of global institutions and actors on domestic education policy has increased significantly. With contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars at the forefront of the field, The Handbook of Global Education Poli…
Annotation More than forty years after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation persists in our schools. In Pursuit of a Dream Deferred turns a critical eye toward this continuing problem and its relationship to housing segregation in the…
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Why policy matters : developing a policy vocabulary within music education / Patrick Schmidt -- Arts policies and their local importance : from history to practice -- Richard Colwell -- The context of education policy in the United States and the intersection with music educatio…
De-industrialization, accelerated by the financial crisis, is a long term process. The comparative advantage of emerging economies shifted towards more advanced goods and their growing populations commanded an increasing share in global demand. This shift towards a factory-free …
"A brilliant young scholar's history of 175 years of teaching in America shows that teachers have always borne the brunt of shifting, often impossible expectations. In other nations, public schools are one thread in a quilt that includes free universal child care, health care, a…
