Building The Federal Schoolhouse: Localism And The American Education State (Studies In Postwar American Political Development)

Creating a truly national school system has, over the past fifty years, reconfigured local expectations and practices in American public education. Through a 50-year examination of Alexandria, Virginia, this book reveals how the 'education state' is nonetheless shaped by the commitments of local political regimes and their leaders and constituents--

• | Author: Douglas S. Reed
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 26, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199838488
• | ISBN-13: 9780199838486