This volume contains a selection of essays dealing with the impact of commissions on educational policy and reform. The perspectives of practitioners directly involved with commission reports and scholars analysing the significance and impact of educational policies are compared. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568. . 1995. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Commissions, Reports, Reforms, and Educational Policy
Publisher: Praeger (UK)
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0275942104
ISBN 13: 9780275942106
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The editors have collected original papers dealing with the impact of commissions on educational policy and reform. This book is a combination of the perspectives of practitioners directly involved with writing or reacting to commission reports, and scholars analyzing the significance and impact of educational policy. Chapters are written by some of the country's leading authorities on education. This book will prove to be a valuable resource for educators, administrators, political scientists, sociologists, and others interested in the state of education. Includes a foreword by Paul E. Peterson of Harvard University.

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RICK GINSBERG is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, and codirector of the Office of Research in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina.

DAVID N. PLANK is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. Together, Ginsberg and Plank edited Southern Cities, Southern Schools (Praeger, 1990).

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