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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- 1 The Allure of Order: Rationalizing Schools from the Progressives to the Present
- 2 The Cultural Struggle for Control over Schooling: The Power of Ideas and the Weakness of the Educational Field
- 3 Taking Control from Above: The Rationalization of Schooling in the Progressive Era
- 4 The Forgotten Standards Movement: The Coleman Report, the Defense Department, and a Nascent Push for Educational Accountability
- 5 Setting the Problem: The Deep Roots and Long Shadows of <i>A Nation at Risk</i>
- 6 A “Semiprofession” in an Era of Accountability
- 7 E Pluribus Unum: How Standards and Accountability Became King
- 8 The Transformation of Federal Policy: Ideas and the Triumph of Accountability Politics
- 9 Rationalizing Schools: Patterns, Ironies, Contradictions
- 10 Beyond Rationalization: Inverting the Pyramid, Remaking the Educational Sector
- A Note on Methods
- Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Dedication
Dedication
- Source:
- The Allure of Order
- Author(s):
Jal Mehta
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- 1 The Allure of Order: Rationalizing Schools from the Progressives to the Present
- 2 The Cultural Struggle for Control over Schooling: The Power of Ideas and the Weakness of the Educational Field
- 3 Taking Control from Above: The Rationalization of Schooling in the Progressive Era
- 4 The Forgotten Standards Movement: The Coleman Report, the Defense Department, and a Nascent Push for Educational Accountability
- 5 Setting the Problem: The Deep Roots and Long Shadows of <i>A Nation at Risk</i>
- 6 A “Semiprofession” in an Era of Accountability
- 7 E Pluribus Unum: How Standards and Accountability Became King
- 8 The Transformation of Federal Policy: Ideas and the Triumph of Accountability Politics
- 9 Rationalizing Schools: Patterns, Ironies, Contradictions
- 10 Beyond Rationalization: Inverting the Pyramid, Remaking the Educational Sector
- A Note on Methods
- Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
