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Controlling Public Education
Most Americans believe that local school districts are the only means by which citizens may exercise control over public education. Kathryn McDermott argues to the contrary that existing local institutions are no longer sufficient for achieving either equity or democratic governance. Not only is local control inequitable, it also fails to live up to its reputation for guaranteeing public participation and citizen influence. Drawing upon democratic theory and the results of field research in New Haven, Connecticut, and three suburbs, McDermott contends that our educational system can be made more democratic by centralizing control over funding while decentralizing most authority over schools ...
In the Shadow of the Capitol Dome
This case study examines the Michigan Public Education Finance Act, exploring its creation, demise, and resurrection. It uses critical legal theory to reveal hidden power structures in state-level educational policymaking. The book aims to demystify the process and empower educators and the public to engage their voices in education policy.
Irish Heritage of Allied Members of McGivern's, McDermott's, Gallagher's, Gillespie's
The author descends from several ancient Irish families. The Gallaghers and MacDermotts descend from the House of Heremon who enterred into Ireland with the Milesian invasion. The MacDermotts traditionally ruled in northern Ireland while the Gillespies appear to be of Anglo- Irish heritage. John McDermott (1818-1883) was born in County Armagh and married Catherine McGivern (1825-1902) also of County Armagh. In the early 1850s they immigrated to America and eventually settled in Illinois. They were the parents of five children. Their descendants live throughout the United States.
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Globalization and Self-Determination
Is the nation state under siege? A common answer is that globalization poses two fundamental threats to state sovereignty. The first concerns the unleashing of centrifugal and centripetal forces - such as increasing market integration and the activities of institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and WTO - that imperil state sovereignty from 'outside' the nation state. The second threat emanates from self-determination movements that jeopardize state sovereignty from 'inside'. Rigorously analyzing popular hypotheses on globalization's effect on state sovereignty from a broad social sciences perspective, the authors use empirical evidence to suggest that globalization's multilevel threats to st...
A Cramer-King History
Philip King, Sr. was born 2 October 1709 in Devonshire, England. He emigrated in about 1730 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine in about 1731 and they had eight children. He died after 1783. His granddaughter, Hannah Rambo, was born 22 April 1756 in Philadelphia. She married Adam Cramer, Sr. (1745-1819), son of Adam Cramer and Sophia, in 1776. They had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.
Educational Change and the Political Process
Educational Change and the Political Process brings together key ideas on both the system of educational policy and the policy process in the United States. It provides students with a broad, methodical understanding of educational policy. No other textbook offers as comprehensive a view of the U.S. educational policy procedure and political systems. Section I discusses the actors and systems that create and implement policy on both the federal and the local level; Section II walks students through the policy process from idea to implementation to evaluation; and Section III delves into three major forces driving the creation of educational policies in the current era—accountability, equity, and market-driven reforms. Each chapter provides case studies, discussion questions, and classroom activities to scaffold learning, as well as a bibliography for further reading to deepen exploration of these topics.
High-Stakes Reform
Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take “high-stakes” tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and school districts accountable for their performance. The goal of these policies is to push public school districts to ensure that all students reach a common threshold of knowledge and skills. High-Stakes Reform analyzes the political processes and historical context that led to the enactment of state-level education accountability policies across the country. It also situates the education accountability...
