Mayors in the Middle
Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America’s urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership. But does a stronger mayoral role...
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Scientific Research and Policy Making: A Tool Not a Crutch
Resident Scholar Frederick M. HessThese are heady times for education researchers. The No Child Left Behind Act famously endorses the use of “scientifically based research,” the federal Institute of...
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The New Education Philanthropy: Politics, Policy, and Reform
PaperbackISBN: 978-1-61250-871-9Price: $33.00Buy the BookPublisher Name: Harvard Education PressPhilanthropic foundations play an increasingly influential role in education research, policy, and...
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Philanthropy today plays an outsized role in schooling and the efforts to improve America’s education system. Indeed, one can say that, in ways good and bad, the story of 21st-century school reform is...
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