Despite the Odds
The Contentious Politics of Education Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6323935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean C Robinson (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 182-183 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592705480147 |
| OpenAlex | W2102031441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
Despite the Odds: The Contentious Politics of Education Reform. By Merilee S. Grindle. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. 288p. $55.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. No one argues with the claim that education is a necessary ingredient for any recipe for economic and social development. With higher rates of literacy and numeracy, with more years of schooling, a cornucopia of benefits emerge—from lower birth rates to healthier workers to more autonomous women to more engaged citizens. And yet despite the recognition that everything good comes from education, expanding and reforming public education is a costly and contentious process in all political systems. Scholars and politicians alike are pessimistic that educational reform can be instituted. Given the costs and the conflict, what can explain successful implementation of educational reforms
Economic growth · Economics · Literacy · Logistic regression · Numeracy · Odds · Pessimism · Political economy · Political process · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2024 (55) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |