TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kosar,Kevin R.
TI  - Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education Standards 
SN  - 9781626373457
AV  - LB3060.83 
U1  - 379.1/58/0973 22
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Boulder : 
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers, 
KW  - Education and state
KW  - United States
KW  - Education
KW  - Standards
KW  - School failure
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Student Achievement: A Rising Tide of Mediocrity? --; 2 The Case for Federal Policy to Raise Education Standards --; 3 Education Policy and Politics Before 1993 --; 4 The Politics of Goals 2000 --; 5 Title I and Voluntary National Tests --; 6 The No Child Left Behind Act --; 7 Improving Federal Standards Policy --; Acronyms --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access
N2  - In the past fifteen years, presidents from two parties, supported by parents, teachers, and civic leaders have tried--and generally failed--to increase student achievement through federal policymaking. Supposedly pathbreaking legislation to "leave no child behind" has hardly made a dent in the problem. What is going on? Kevin R. Kosar delves into the political maneuvering behind the crafting of federal education standards. Drawing on a wealth of evidence, Kosar makes a strong case for vigorous federal action to raise standards. Then, turning to the "real world" of Washington, he shows how politics has thwarted smart policy and how we are left with the present milquetoast reforms, which talk tough but deliver little. He concludes with sober proposals for education policies that, while not aiming at perfection, have a chance of surviving political attacks from both the right and the left
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626373457
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626373457
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626373457/original
ER  -