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The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest To Remake American Schooling
By Mehta, Jal
- ISBN
- 9780199942060
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on June 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
Mehta (education, Harvard Univ.; The Futures of School Reform) begins with a description of the Progressive Era, when decision-making shifted from teachers to administrators, and the focus was on accountability and outcomes. A similar notion in the late 1960s and early 1970s additionally sought to combine education equality with fisc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
