Children as Pawns : The Politics of Educational Reform / Timothy A. Hacsi.
2003
LC89 ǂb H215 2002eb
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Title
Children as Pawns : The Politics of Educational Reform / Timothy A. Hacsi.
Author
Hacsi, Timothy A., author.
ISBN
9780674038127
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (272 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674038127 doi
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LC89 ǂb H215 2002eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
370
Summary
Head Start. Bilingual education. Small class size. Social promotion. School funding. Virtually every school system in America has had to face these issues over the past thirty years. Advocates and dissenters have declared confidently that "the research" is on their side. But is it? In the first book to bring together the recent history of educational policy and politics with the research evidence, Timothy Hacsi presents the illuminating, often-forgotten stories of these five controversial topics. He sifts through the complicated evaluation research literature and compares the policies that have been adopted to the best evidence about what actually works. He lucidly explains what the major studies show, what they don't, and how they have been misunderstood and misrepresented. Hacsi shows how rarely educational policies are based on solid research evidence, and how programs that sound plausible simply do not satisfy the complex needs of real children.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 What Difference Does Head Start Make?
2 Is Bilingual Education a Good Idea?
3 Does Class Size Matter?
4 Is Social Promotion a Problem?
5 Does More Money Make Schools Better?
Conclusion
Notes
Suggested Readings
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 What Difference Does Head Start Make?
2 Is Bilingual Education a Good Idea?
3 Does Class Size Matter?
4 Is Social Promotion a Problem?
5 Does More Money Make Schools Better?
Conclusion
Notes
Suggested Readings
Index