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Chapter One: The Allure of Order: Rationalizing Schools From the Progressive to the Present
Chapter Two: The Cultural Struggle for Control Over Schooling: The Power of Ideas and the Weakness of the Educational Field
Chapter Three: Taking Control from Above: The Rationalization of Schooling in the Progressive Era
Chapter Four: The Forgotten Standards Movement: The Coleman Report, the Defense Department, and a Nascent Push for Educational Accountability
Chapter Five: Setting the Problem: The Deep Roots and Long Shadows of A Nation at Risk
Chapter Six: A Semi-Profession in an Era of Accountability
Chapter Seven: E Pluribus Unum: How Standards and Accountability Became King
Chapter Eight: Transforming Federal Policy: Ideas and the Triumph of Accountability Politics
Chapter Nine: Rationalizing Schools: Patterns, Ironies, Contradictions
Chapter Ten: Beyond Rationalization: Inverting the Pyramid, Remaking the Educational Sector
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The allure of order : high hopes, dashed expectations, and the troubled quest to remake American schooling by Jal Mehta. ISBN 9780199942060. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
