@article{454522,
      recid = {454522},
      author = {Maranto, Robert, and McShane, Michael Q.},
      title = {President Obama and education reform the personal and the  political / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 186 p.)},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {President Obama and Education Reform offers a  comprehensive description and analysis of President Obama's  education agenda. The Obama administration has created  numerous interlocking policies meant to foster class  mobility and long-term economic growth through educational  improvements. The administration has imposed the Common  Core as de facto national standards, an innovation desired  by reformers for decades. Through Race to the Top (RTT)  funds, the administration has also encouraged the spread of  teacher-level value-added data systems, encouraged the use  of merit pay, and pushed states to help spread high-quality  charter schools. Obama's reforms have drawn skepticism from  supporters of traditional public schools. Robert Maranto  and Michael McShane have a more positive view. They believe  that the Obama-era reforms reflect long-term changes in  ideology and technology which have led to successful  innovation in both the private and public sector, and  believe that Obama's personal background as a community  organizer has informed his reform strategies for the  better.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/454522},
}