Ben Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3737523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | BEN LEVIN |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Governments and education reform
Over the last few decades many efforts have been made to address education issues through policy at various levels. Looking at these efforts around the world suggests that they have often been motivated more by beliefs than by evidence of impact. Not only are the wrong policies often adopted, but effective implementation of education policy is often lacking. In part this is because governments face particular constraints on what they can do. Educ…
Enduring Issues in Urban Education
This paper raises three enduring areas of debate around inner-city education: 1) the extent to which schools are the best places to intervene to improve outcomes for poor children – the policy question is whether that is enough to expect given the very substantial resources devoted to schools, or whether a larger share of overall resources would be better used to support initiatives around early childhood, employment, housing, or better income su…
Media–government relations in education
Government and the media are intimately connected in many ways though each distrusts the other. This paper, based on the author’s experience in government, describes the ways that governments try to deal with the media and discusses three of the main complaints about media coverage—its tendency to simplify, to assign blame, and to be primarily focused on the short term. It concludes with some suggestions for possible improvements
The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance
The films of John Cohen only interpretation
A Country Auction
A Country Auction
Media–government relations in education
Government and the media are intimately connected in many ways though each distrusts the other. This paper, based on the author’s experience in government, describes the ways that governments try to deal with the media and discusses three of the main complaints about media coverage—its tendency to simplify, to assign blame, and to be primarily focused on the short term. It concludes with some suggestions for possible improvements
Governments and education reform
Over the last few decades many efforts have been made to address education issues through policy at various levels. Looking at these efforts around the world suggests that they have often been motivated more by beliefs than by evidence of impact. Not only are the wrong policies often adopted, but effective implementation of education policy is often lacking. In part this is because governments face particular constraints on what they can do. Educ…
Enduring Issues in Urban Education
This paper raises three enduring areas of debate around inner-city education: 1) the extent to which schools are the best places to intervene to improve outcomes for poor children – the policy question is whether that is enough to expect given the very substantial resources devoted to schools, or whether a larger share of overall resources would be better used to support initiatives around early childhood, employment, housing, or better income su…
A Country Auction
A Country Auction
The films of John Cohen only interpretation
The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance
Media–government relations in education
Government and the media are intimately connected in many ways though each distrusts the other. This paper, based on the author’s experience in government, describes the ways that governments try to deal with the media and discusses three of the main complaints about media coverage—its tendency to simplify, to assign blame, and to be primarily focused on the short term. It concludes with some suggestions for possible improvements
Enduring Issues in Urban Education
This paper raises three enduring areas of debate around inner-city education: 1) the extent to which schools are the best places to intervene to improve outcomes for poor children – the policy question is whether that is enough to expect given the very substantial resources devoted to schools, or whether a larger share of overall resources would be better used to support initiatives around early childhood, employment, housing, or better income su…
Governments and education reform
Over the last few decades many efforts have been made to address education issues through policy at various levels. Looking at these efforts around the world suggests that they have often been motivated more by beliefs than by evidence of impact. Not only are the wrong policies often adopted, but effective implementation of education policy is often lacking. In part this is because governments face particular constraints on what they can do. Educ…
Art (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Commerce (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (2 works)