Failing Grades
The Federal Politics Of Education Standards
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Word Count
64,750 words, Guess
Page Count
259 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL12325054M
- ISBN-139781588263889
- ISBN-101588263886
- OCLC Control Number60189604
- OCLC Control Numberfailinggradesfed0000kosa
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005011304
- LibraryThing2968890
- Goodreads6489054
Classifications
- DDC379.1/58/0973 22
- LCCLB3060.83 .K69 2005
Description
In the past fifteen years, presidents from two parties, supported by parents, teachers, and civic leaders have tried and generally failed to increase student achievement through federal policymaking. Supposedly pathbreaking legislation to "leave no child behind" has hardly made a dent in the problem. What is going on? Kevin R. Kosar delves into the political maneuvering behind the crafting of federal education standards policy. Drawing on a wealth of evidence, Kosar argues that high education standards for all students will help raise achievement (policy analysis). Then, turning to the "real world" of Washington, he shows how politics has thwarted tough education standards policy (political analysis). Kosar concludes with modest proposals for improving the standards and testing provisions of the No Child left Behind Act of 2002 that have a chance of surviving political attacks from both the right and the left.
First Sentence
President George W. Bush signed the No Child left Behind Act on January 8, 2002.
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