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The Obama administration and educational reform
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- Creator
- edited by Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Department of Education Policy, Organization and leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign, Urbana-Champaign, Il, USA
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781783507092, 1783507098, 9781783507108, 9781783507108
- OCLC
- ocn866620556
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Pt. I. Transforming education and meeting the needs of our youth -- Early childhood education in the context of educational reform: possibilities and causes for concern / Ruth Alfaro Piker and Abigail M. Jewkes -- Povery and pretense: good intentions and misguided educational reform from No Child Left Behind through Race to the Top / Alison Dobrick -- Beyond the common core and the politics of education reform: the role of school counselors and teachers in facilitating the college and career readiness of urban students / Kalinda R. Jones, Leah A. van Belle, Gary V. Johnson and Robert W. Simmons III -- Bringing an end to the school to prison pipeline in the age of "Post-Racialism" / Marwin J. Spiller and Jeffrey Porter -- Pt. II. Troubling tides: riding the waves of uncertainty in an era of accountability -- A perfect storm? President Obama, the Great Recession, and community colleges / Debra D. Bragg -- The 2020 American graduation initiative: a clear vision or dim view? / J. Luke Wood and John D. Harrison -- Educational data crossroads: data literacy for data-driven decision making in postsecondary education / Soko S. Starobin and Sylvester Upah -- Regulating colleges and protecting students: gainful employment rules under the Obama administration / Ebony T. Jones -- Pt. III. Confronting the colorline: taking aim at cutting racial disparity -- Affirming acts for access and the evolving nature of affirmative action under the Obama administration / Denise O'Neil Green, Ghazala Knight and Matthew D. Green III -- Preparing the enxt generation of African American computing science faculty: a response to the Obama administration's scientific workforce priorities / LaVar J. Charleston, Jerlando F. L. Jackson and Juan E. Gilbert -- The handwriting on the wall for historically black colleges and universities: presence, policy, and praxis in Obamamerica / M. Christopher Brown II, Jarrett L. Carter, Sr. and T. Elon Dancy II -- Obama's obstacles to educational change: race, racism, and reform / William A. Smith -- Pt. IV. The politics of affording access and embracing diversity post-Obama -- Undocumented students: the realities of immigration reform / Raul A. Leon -- Veteran education under the Obama administration / Shaftone B. Dunklin and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher -- Visibly invisible: federal educational policy regarding queer students, faculty, and staff during the Obama administration / Dafina-Lazarus Stewart and E. I. Annie Russell -- Access and equity for women in higher education during the era of the Obama administration: social identities, pay inequities, and the power of women's groups in changing leadership paradigms / Penny A. Pasque -- Healthy decisions and unintended consequences: implications of the Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for higher education / Robbya R. Green-Weir and Tamara N. Stevenson