Whose schools are these and what are they for? The role of the rule of law in defining educational opportunity in American public education / Diana Pullin -- The finance of American public education: challenges of equity, adequacy, and efficiency / Margaret E. Goertz -- Infusing educational decision making with research / Mary Kennedy -- The role of philosophy in educational reforms: never the Twain shall meet? / Andrew T. Lumpe -- Evolution of educational reform in Maryland: using data to drive state policy and local reform / Hillary R. Michaels and Steven Ferrara --Michigan: the state of education reform / John Engler and Gleaves Whitney -- Standards initiatives and American educational reform / Edward D. Roeber -- Moving toward an accountable system of K-12 education: alternative approaches and challenges / James G. Cibulka -- The role of the national assessment of educational progress (NAEP) in setting, reflection and linking national education policy to states' needs / Mary Lyn Bourque -- Education policy in the United States and abroad: what we can learn from each other / Harold W. Stevenson and Barbara K. Hofer -- Policy and practical implications of theoretical innovations in education / Thomas G. Dunn -- Political institutions and educational policy / Knneth K. Wong -- Success for all: policy consequences of replicable schoolwide reform / Robert E. Slavin -- The impact of the teachers' unions on educational policy and outcomes / Leo Troy -- The pendulum revisited : faddism in education and its alternatives / Robert E. Slavin -- The role of technology in education: reality, pitfalls and potential / J. Kevin Maney -- Meta-analytic effects for policy / Herbert J. Walberg and Jin-Shei Lai -- Mixed-method research: introduction and application / John W. Creswell -- Basic concepts in hierarchical linear modeling with applications for policy analysis / J. Douglas Willms -- American educational policy: constructing crises and crafting solutions / Gregory J. Cizek and Vidya Ramaswamy -- Educational policy analysis: the treads behind, the treads ahead / Anne C. Lewis.
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This handbook examines policy questions on education in the USA. It reflects the premise that each member of society must take an active role in ensuring in children the cultivation of skills and responsibilities necessary for a free and virtuous social order.