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Troublemaker : a personal history of school reform since Sputnik
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- Creator
- Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xii, 364 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 6612086963, 9781400828210, 0691171033, 9780691129907, 140082821X, 1282086960, 9786612086960, 0691129908, 9781282086968
- OCLC
- ocn432428515, ocn173299070, ocn979578805
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-346) and index.
- Early days -- Schoolkid in the fifties -- Into the sixties -- Becoming an educator -- The seventies -- White house days -- Out of Washington -- The politics of aiding private schools -- A Federal Department of Education? -- Becoming a Republican -- The eighties -- Quality gains traction -- Educators awaken -- Professing in Tennessee -- Inside the beast -- The quest for better information -- Goals, standards, and markets -- The Nineties -- Bipartisan reform in action-and inaction -- Charters and vouchers -- International alarums, contentious responses -- Whittling and think-tanking -- Clinton, goals, and testing -- Priests, professionals, and politicians -- Choices and summits -- Back to Dayton -- Leaving no child behind -- Shaky tripods -- The burden of choice -- Technology and governance -- Teachers, time, and money -- Still learning