Thomas B Timar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5806983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas B Timar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas B |
| FAMILY NAME | Timar |
| SIGNATURE | TIMAR T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A False Dilemma”
Over the past 30 years, states have assumed a greater role in financing education. The presumption of local control has been superseded by systems of state control. This shift in authority raises several critical questions. Chief among them is, “What effect has centralization of education financing had on the capacity of school districts to provide educational services?” Has increased state participation led to a more equitable, effective, accoun…
Exploring the Limits of Entitlement
In August 2000, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of school children against the state of California. The suit, Williams v. State of California, alleged that the state failed to exercise its constitutional obligation to provide equal access to education for all students in the state by allowing deficient facilities, uncredentialed teachers, and inadequate or insufficient instructional materials. A successfu…
The "New Accountability" and School Governance in California
The mid-1980s marked a major turning point in American educational policy. The ideology underpinning this shift asserted that America’s educational system was undermining the nation’s international competitive capacity. The new ideology’s manifesto, A Nation at Risk, predicted in hyperbolic terms the demise of the United States as an international industrial leader if it did not correct major flaws in its system of public education. The urgency f…
The Institutional Role of State Education Departments
Since the early 1980s, the prevailing school reform strategy among states has been toward more centralized and more encompassing legislative and administrative controls. As reformers increasingly expect states to carry the burden of school improvement, such expectations have, in turn, shifted attention to states' administrative capacities to effect change. While state education departments should, and in some instances do, play an important part …
Urban politics and state school finance in the 1980s 1
This chapter examines the effects of the major policy and political trends in lower education during the 1980s. Specifically, it assesses the programmatic and fiscal effects of the Reagan administration's fiscal federalism, the excellence agenda and the emerging state activism on urban school districts. The focus is on California as an illustrative case study, as the state represents an inchoate national trend toward fiscal centralization. The ch…
The Politics of Federal Reorganization
The politics of school restructuring
(1989). The politics of school restructuring. Journal of Education Policy: Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 55-74
Conflict and Choice in Public Education
The Institutional Role of State Education Departments
Since the early 1980s, the prevailing school reform strategy among states has been toward more centralized and more encompassing legislative and administrative controls. As reformers increasingly expect states to carry the burden of school improvement, such expectations have, in turn, shifted attention to states' administrative capacities to effect change. While state education departments should, and in some instances do, play an important part …
A False Dilemma”
Over the past 30 years, states have assumed a greater role in financing education. The presumption of local control has been superseded by systems of state control. This shift in authority raises several critical questions. Chief among them is, “What effect has centralization of education financing had on the capacity of school districts to provide educational services?” Has increased state participation led to a more equitable, effective, accoun…
The "New Accountability" and School Governance in California
The mid-1980s marked a major turning point in American educational policy. The ideology underpinning this shift asserted that America’s educational system was undermining the nation’s international competitive capacity. The new ideology’s manifesto, A Nation at Risk, predicted in hyperbolic terms the demise of the United States as an international industrial leader if it did not correct major flaws in its system of public education. The urgency f…
Conflict and Choice in Public Education
The Politics of Federal Reorganization
The politics of school restructuring
(1989). The politics of school restructuring. Journal of Education Policy: Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 55-74
Urban politics and state school finance in the 1980s 1
This chapter examines the effects of the major policy and political trends in lower education during the 1980s. Specifically, it assesses the programmatic and fiscal effects of the Reagan administration's fiscal federalism, the excellence agenda and the emerging state activism on urban school districts. The focus is on California as an illustrative case study, as the state represents an inchoate national trend toward fiscal centralization. The ch…
The Institutional Role of State Education Departments
Since the early 1980s, the prevailing school reform strategy among states has been toward more centralized and more encompassing legislative and administrative controls. As reformers increasingly expect states to carry the burden of school improvement, such expectations have, in turn, shifted attention to states' administrative capacities to effect change. While state education departments should, and in some instances do, play an important part …
The "New Accountability" and School Governance in California
The mid-1980s marked a major turning point in American educational policy. The ideology underpinning this shift asserted that America’s educational system was undermining the nation’s international competitive capacity. The new ideology’s manifesto, A Nation at Risk, predicted in hyperbolic terms the demise of the United States as an international industrial leader if it did not correct major flaws in its system of public education. The urgency f…
Exploring the Limits of Entitlement
In August 2000, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of school children against the state of California. The suit, Williams v. State of California, alleged that the state failed to exercise its constitutional obligation to provide equal access to education for all students in the state by allowing deficient facilities, uncredentialed teachers, and inadequate or insufficient instructional materials. A successfu…
A False Dilemma”
Over the past 30 years, states have assumed a greater role in financing education. The presumption of local control has been superseded by systems of state control. This shift in authority raises several critical questions. Chief among them is, “What effect has centralization of education financing had on the capacity of school districts to provide educational services?” Has increased state participation led to a more equitable, effective, accoun…
Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · School Choice and Performance (5 works) · State (computer science (4 works)