Reforming Education: From Origins to Outcomes (Education and Change Development (Paperback)) - Softcover

Levin, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750709812 ISBN 13: 9780750709811

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world. Reforming Education is an important study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba and the US state of Minnesota. The book looks at a variety of reforms covering: school choice; charter schools; increased testing of students; stricter curriculum guidelines; and local school management.
Drawing from theoretical and empirical work in education, political theory, organizational theory and public administration, Reforming Education provides a clearly developed conceptual framework of analyzing reform programs. The author reviews the political origins of the reforms, the process of adoption into law, the implementation processes used to support the reforms and the results of the reforms for students, schools and communities.

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About the Author

Benjamin Levin is Deputy Minister of Education and Training for the province of Manitoba. He is also a Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Manitoba. His research interests are in education policy, politics and economics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750709812
• ISBN 13: 9780750709811
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238