Product Description: The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes. They show that simply throwing more resources at the problem has not brought about a solution and call for changes centered around accountability, incentives, and more informed parents and policymakers...read more

Although educators and school boards sometimes resist the idea, accountability is sorely needed in America's schools. Our students are falling behind those in other countries, yet compared to their foreign counterparts, our schools remain subject to little accountability. The U.S. school system lacks the marketplace accountability of schools competing with one another and the further accountability of large-scale examination systems, both of which are associated with high achievement. It is clear that after a quarter century of poor progress in educational productivity, the time has come for high academic standards and accountability. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Should the United States government require young people to serve under its auspices in either a military or a civilian capacity? Do young people owe service that would be best carried out under governmental guidance and sponsorship? Would a large-scale federal service program build character, solve social problems, and unify the American people? Or would such a program mean higher taxes, more federal bureaucrats, and fewer personal freedoms? George Bush envisioned " a thousand points of light" when he urged young Americans to volunteer for service to the nation, making the issue of youth service an important part of the contemporary public policy agenda...read more