Governing American Education

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Governing American Education

Why This Dry Subject May Hold the Key to Advances in American Education

Marc Tucker May 2013

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Governing American Education

Why This Dry Subject May Hold the Key to Advances in American Education

Marc Tucker May 2013

Author's note: The descriptions of the American system for education governance and the analysis presented here of that system are largely based on nearly half a century of personal observation of that system. In my experience, there is a large gap between the literature on American school governance and the reality as I have experienced it. The reader will have to decide whether my observations and analysis ring true. One cannot, of course, prove that one system of governance produces better outcomes than another, because it is not possible to vary governance systems at a national or state scale while holding all other variables constant, nor is it possible to randomly assign governance models to countries or states. But I will draw on decades of observation and analysis of these systems--both in this country and abroad--to illuminate the issues raised in this paper. Finally, the views and opinions expressed in this paper are mine and do not necessarily re ect the position of the Center for American Progress and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Contents

1 Introduction and summary 5 Where the buck stops 9 The new normal: Mass education systems that produce elite

results 29 Observations 31 Conclusion and recommendations 45 About the author and acknowledgements 47 References 53 Endnotes

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