No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap: Sociological Perspectives on Federal Educational Policy

Synopsis

This monumental collection presents the first-ever sociological analysis of the No Child Left Behind Act and its effects on children, teachers, parents, and schools. More importantly, these leading sociologists consider whether NLCB can or will accomplish its major goal: to eliminate the achievement gap by 2014. Based on theoretical and empirical research, the essays examine the history of federal educational policy and place NCLB in a larger sociological and historical context. Taking up a number of policy areas affected by the law—including accountability and assessment, curriculum and instruction, teacher quality, parental involvement, school choice and urban education—this book examines the effects of NCLB on different groups of students and schools and the ways in which school organization and structure affect achievement. No Child Left Behind concludes with a discussion of the important contributions of sociological research and sociological analysis integral to understanding the limits and possibilities of the law to reduce the achievement gap.

Copyright:

2008

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781135916879

Related ISBNs:

9780203941256, 9780415955300, 9780415955300, 9780415955317, 9780415955317

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/17/20

Copyrighted By:

Alan R. Sadovnik, Jennifer A. O’Day, George W. Bohrnstedt, Kathryn M. Borman

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Politics and Government, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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Edited by:

Alan R. Sadovnik

Edited by:

Jennifer A. O'Day

Edited by:

George W. Bohrnstedt

Edited by:

Kathryn M. Borman