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Making the Grade

Name: Making the Grade
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226251301
Price: 80.43 EUR
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The Economic Evolution of American School Districts

Autor: William A. Fischel

Jazyk:

Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: The University of Chicago Press

Dostupnosť: Čaká sa dotlač

Termín neznámy

80.43 €

A significant factor for many people deciding where to live is the quality of the local school distr...

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Autor

William A. Fischel

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2009

Stránok

288

EAN

9780226251301

ISBN

0226251306

Enbook ID

04544744

Vydavateľ

The University of Chicago Press

Hmotnosť

567

Rozmery

152 x 229 x 28

Kompletný popis

A significant factor for many people deciding where to live is the quality of the local school district, with superior schools creating a price premium for housing. The result is a 'race to the top', as all school districts attempt to improve their performance in order to attract homebuyers. Given the importance of school districts to the daily lives of children and families, it is surprising that their evolution has not received much attention. In this provocative book, William A. Fischel argues that the historical development of school districts reflects Americans' desire to make their communities attractive to outsiders. The result has been a standardized, interchangeable system of education not overly demanding for either students or teachers, one that involved parents and local voters in its governance and finance. Innovative in its focus on bottom-up processes generated by individual behaviors rather than top-down decisions by bureaucrats, "Making the Grade" provides a new perspective on education reform that emphasizes how public schools form the basis for the localized social capital in American towns and cities.